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Valent
Valent is on page 1066 of 1661 of Todo Sherlock Holmes
> La aventura de las gafas de oro
"Estas son mis últimas palabras. Aquí está el paquete que salvará a Alexis. Lo confio a su honor y sentido de la justicia. Ahora que ya he cumplido con mi deber, yo...
–¡Quieta! –gritó Holmes, atravesando la habitación de un salto y arrebatándole de la mano un frasquito.
–Demasiado tarde– dijo ella–. Tomé el veneno antes de salir del escondite. Confio en usted, señor Holmes".
Nov 03, 2025 09:42AM Add a comment
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Valent
Valent is on page 346 of 387 of Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
"The camera pulls back slowly as they carry me away, for the first time revealing the arena as a whole. It looks like a giant eye. Well, the symbolism has been lost on no one. Even the little kid in the Seam know the Capitol powers are watching us. I wonder if the ever consider that we're watching them, too".
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Valent
Valent is on page 307 of 387 of Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
"And then she's gone to wherever people go when they die. She hasn't begged or pleaded; she retained her fury and defiance. Although for me, a person's desperation at the end is not a measure of their life, I know it mattered to her. Maysilee leaves the world the way she wanted, wounded but not bowed. I think about cleaning her up, but this is her final poster, and I won't tidy it up to make it easier for them".
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Valent
Valent is on page 258 of 387 of Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
"The full force of my failure hits me. Who do I think I am? Why did I think I could change anything? That I could take on the Capitol, with all its might, and bring the Hunger Games to a standstill? Me, a 16-year-old kid from the trashiest district in Panem with little schooling and no outstanding skills. I've got nothing but a big mouth and an inflated sense of my own self-importance. All foam, no beer, that's me".
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Valent
Valent is on page 243 of 387 of Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
"Hoping for something better could be dangerous; it could blind me to the reality of my situation. I remember how Mamaw always said, 'Where there's life, there's hope'. But from where I'm sitting, hope seems a lot like white liquor. It can fool you in the short run, but like as not, you'll end up paying for it twice".
Oct 10, 2025 08:56AM Add a comment
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Valent
Valent is on page 198 of 387 of Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
"But if he's not Snow's lackey, and he knows about the plot, and he's trying to help us, what is he after? His words echo back. 'You should know that, despite appearances, a desire for freedom is not limited to the districts.' Was he suggesting that he, with all his wealth and privilege and power, lacks freedom? Freedom to do what? Maybe to not have to live in terror of Snow poisoning his oysters, for one thing".
Oct 06, 2025 11:31AM Add a comment
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Valent
Valent is on page 192 of 387 of Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
"She'd been crying then, too. Not at anything I did, but because they'd hung a men that morning and made the rest of us watch. But there we were, high in the hills, with not one but two rainbows arching across the sky. Sometimes she cries because things are so beautiful and we keep messing them up. Because the world doesn't have to be so terrifying. That's on people, not the world".
Oct 06, 2025 11:23AM Add a comment
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Valent
Valent is on page 119 of 387 of Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
"She once told me about being arrested by the Peacekeepers back home, how frightened she was at first. Then she remembered she'd read that sometimes the only thing you can control is your attitude to a situation. 'Like I could decide whether I was scared or not, no matter what happened. I mean, I was still scared, but it helped having that to chew on".
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Valent
Valent is on page 79 of 387 of Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
"Something steels inside me, and I think, you are on a high horse, mister. And someday someone will knock you off it straight into your grave. I dismount the chariot and lay Louella down, taking a step back so Snow can't pretend he doesn't see her broken little bird body. Then I gesture to him and begin to applaud, giving credit where credit is due".
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Valent
Valent is on page 47 of 387 of Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
"I'm entirely the Capitol's plaything. They will use me for their entertainment and then kill me, and the truth will have no say in it. Plutarch acts friendly, but his indulgences are just a method to manage me, because happy playthings are easier to handle than raging ones".
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Valent
Valent is on page 35 of 387 of Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
"As the train passes, she tilts her head back amd wails her loss and rage into the wind. And even though it guts me, even though I smash my fists into the glass until they bruise, I'm grateful for her final gift. That she's denied Plutarch the chance to broadcast our farewell. The moment our hearts shatterd? It belongs to us".
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Valent
Valent is on page 28 of 387 of Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
"–Haymitch?– Drusilla repeats, looking straight at me.
My face fills the screen over the stage. My feet begin to move. I see them cut to Lenore Dove, who has a hand pressed against her mouth. She isn't crying, so Plutarch won't get his tearful good-bye. Not from her and not from me. They will not use our tears for their entertainment".
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Valent
Valent is on page 10 of 387 of Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
"–The reaping's going to happen no matter what I believe. Sure as the sun will rise tomorrow.
Lenore frowns. –There's no proof that will happen. You can't count on things happening tomorrow just because they happened in the past. It's faulty logic.
–Is it?– I say. –Because it's kind of how people plan out their lives.
–And that's part of our trouble. Thinking things areinevitable. Not believing change is possible".
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Valent
Valent is on page 3 of 387 of Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
"The second Quarfer Quell. Twice as many kids. No point in worrying, I tell myself, there's nothing you can do about it. Like two Hunger Games in one. No way to control the outcome of the reaping or what follows it. So don't feed the nightmares. Don't let yourself panic. Don't give the Capitol that. They've taken enough already".
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Valent
Valent is on page 1046 of 1661 of Todo Sherlock Holmes
> La aventura de la casa vacía
"Le pido mil perdones, querido Watson, era fundamental que todos me creyeran muerto, y estoy seguro de que usted no habría escrito un relato tan convincente de mi final si no lo supiera cierto. Varias veces he tomado la pluma para escribirle durante estos tres años, pero temí que el afecto que usted siente por mí le impulsara a cometer alguna indiscreción que traicionara mi secreto".
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Todo Sherlock Holmes

Valent
Valent is on page 161 of 168 of C.A.L.I.
"El artista era la voz que contrariaba a las que, unidas, conformaban el bullicio exterior, aquel ruido blanco ensordecedor que incluía toda reiteración, desde la tradicionalista hasta la mal llamada revolucionaria, que también era tradición. Solo a través del arte podía el individuo hablar más fuerte que la colectividad y transformarla."
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Valent
Valent is on page 125 of 168 of C.A.L.I.
"John Wilson habia comprendido que, en esa ciudad el extranjero era un rey: podía tener muchas Paulinas y Margaritas. Podía tener lo que quisiera. Allí podía hacer lo que se le viniera en gana, como si tuviera inmunidad política, que era lo que había estado buscando por medio de la destrucción de negocios y actos de vandalismo: tomar la ley en sus propias manos y sentir que tenía tanto poder como los blancos blancos"
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Valent
Valent is on page 113 of 168 of C.A.L.I.
"La belleza tiene los ojos tristes. Tiene tanta luz como sombra y tanto brillo como opacidad. Es un estado de perfecto equilibrio entre partes desiguales, un momento de silencio en medio del ruido y uno de música en el silencio. Pero jamás depende de la mirada que sobre ella se posa. Existe sola, existe para si. Y solo aquel que puede comprenderlo es un verdadero artista. Por eso la belleza tiene triste la mirada".
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Valent
Valent is on page 61 of 168 of C.A.L.I.
"Le encantaba contagiar su lujuria a otros hombres porque, haciendo gala de un apetito sexual voraz, sentía que validaba su masculinidad, al igual que cuando les pitaba o gritaba a las transeúntes guapas o jóvenes que se cruzaban en la calle, siempre y cuando estas no estuvieran acompañadas por un varón. El dueño siempre se respetaba en público".
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Valent
Valent is on page 58 of 168 of C.A.L.I.
"Según se empecinaba en confirmar con base en observaciones aisladas y cuentas arbitrarias, entre peor se portaba una persona, mejor le iba. El verdadero arte vivir consistía en defraudar. El daño infligido a otros era fruto de la inteligencia y no de la deshonestidad imperante en aquella cultura virulenta".
Sep 22, 2025 10:32PM Add a comment
C.A.L.I.

Valent
Valent is on page 40 of 168 of C.A.L.I.
"Cuando Jorge Cárdenas invitaba a salir a una mujer, esta siempre accedía encantada. ¿Cómo así que no? Ella estaba soltera. ¡Ni que la hubiera invitado a comer fritanga! Además, la muy altanera había insinuado que había cosas que no le gustaban de él. Jorge tuvo que constatar que su cuerpo era prodigioso y que su cara podía ser la del mismísimo Maluma. ¡Maldita sea! ¿Es que acaso esa mujer estaba hecha de mármol?"
Sep 18, 2025 08:42PM Add a comment
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Valent
Valent is on page 32 of 168 of C.A.L.I.
"'Los seres humanos somos contradicciones vivientes', repetía Juan Carlos para justificar la falta de coherencia entre su discurso y sus actos. Según confirmaba una y otra vez, todos los hombres que conocia eran iguales. No es que conociera a tantos hombres, sino que, para empezar, solía elegir de amigos a quienes -según había descubierto-
compartian su perspectiva y habían llegado a las mismas conclusiones que él".
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Valent
Valent is on page 21 of 168 of C.A.L.I.
"¿Por qué? Si la belleza y la juventud no podían ser determinadas por ciertos rasgos físicos ni por su ausencia, ¿en que residían? Si Luciano le debería su belleza algún pacto con el diablo, ¿quería eso decir que Andrés y Satanás compartían los mismos gustos? Y, si el diablo era el padre toda mentira, ¿cómo podía ser la belleza de Luciano tan real?"
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Valent
Valent is on page 1027 of 1661 of Todo Sherlock Holmes
> El problema final

"Estoy contento de saber que podré librar a la sociedad de los efectos de su presencia, aunque me temo que sea un precio que supondrá un gran dolor para mis amigos y en especial, mi querido Watson, para usted. Salude en mi nombre a la señora Watson y créame, querido amigo, que nunca he dejado de serle suyo sinceramente, Sherlock Holmes".
May 30, 2025 08:54PM Add a comment
Todo Sherlock Holmes

Valent
Valent is 54% done with We Should All Be Feminists
"And then we do a disservice to girls, because we raise them to cater to the fragile egos of males.
We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls: You can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful but not too successful, otherwise you will threaten the man".
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Valent
Valent is 37% done with We Should All Be Feminists
"Today, we live in a vastly different world. The person more qualified to lead is not the physically stronger person. It is the more intelligent, the more knowledgeable, the more creative, more innovative. And there are no hormones for those attributes. A man is as likely as a woman to be intelligent, innovative, creative. We have evolved. But our ideas of gender have not evolved very much".
Apr 30, 2025 09:36PM Add a comment
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Valent
Valent is on page 1010 of 1661 of Todo Sherlock Holmes
> La Corona de Berilos

"—¡Dios lo bendiga! Está usted haciendo todo lo que puede por él y por mí. Pero es una tarea desmesurada. Al fin y al cabo, ¿qué estaba haciendo allí? Y, si sus intenciones eran honradas, ¿por qué no lo dijo?
—Exactamente. Y, si era culpable, ¿por qué no inventó una mentira? Su silencio me parece un arma de dos filos. El caso presenta varios detalles muy curiosos".
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Valent
Valent is 92% done with Violeta
"No puedo retractarme, iría contra mi conciencia, porque creo que todo ser humano tiene derecho al amor. Asumo las consecuencias".
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Violeta

Valent
Valent is 80% done with Violeta
"Me trataba con una mezcla de respeto, ternura y deseo. Sí, Camilo, me deseaba con tal constancia que a su lado se me borraban los años y los malos recuerdos, y volvía a ser joven y sensual. Nadie me hizo sentir tan bella y celebrada como él. Nos amábamos livianamente, con risa y sin imaginación, lo opuesto de la pasión carnal que conocí con Julián Bravo, una carrera de acrobacias en la que a menudo salía machucada".
Mar 25, 2025 03:46PM Add a comment
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Valent
Valent is 69% done with Violeta
"La gente aprendió a ser puntual, a respetar las jerarquías y la autoridad, a trabajar; quién no trabaja, no come, era la consigna. Con la mano dura del régimen se terminó la politiquería y avanzamos hacia el futuro, dejamos de ser un país pobretón y subdesarrollado, nos convertimos a golpes en uno próspero y disciplinado. Ese era el discurso oficial. Por dentro, sin embargo, éramos un país enfermo".
Mar 25, 2025 05:49AM Add a comment
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