Latin American Authors Quotes

#1. Ah, so that must have been her mystery: she had discovered a trail into the forest. Surely that was where she went during her absences. Returning with her eyes filled with gentleness & ignorance, eyes made whole. An ignorance so vast that inside it all the world's wisdom could be contained & lost.

Clarice Lispector

#2. Never lie about my age because I want credit for every damned year.

Lionel Shriver

#3. He wrote very well in those days, as it happens, much better than he does now. He had absolute convictions, and style is nothing more than the absolute conviction of possessing a style.

Ricardo Piglia

#4. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#5. Today, the technology is there to give early and normally ample warning when a powerful tornado approaches. When a tornado strikes, all of us are at risk.

Spencer Bachus

#6. Expect nothing and you don't need the courage to hope, nor the strength to withstand disappointment when nothing comes.

Glen Duncan

#7. to a perfectly terrible day.

Carl Hiaasen

#8. There is no body will go to hell for company.

George Herbert

#9. You read the Company's confidential correspondence?' I asked. He hadn't a word to say. It was great fun. 'When Mr. Kurtz,' I continued severely, 'is General Manager, you won't have the opportunity.' He blew the candle out suddenly, and we went outside. The moon had risen. Black

Joseph Conrad

#10. We almost always forgive those we understand.

Mikhail Lermontov