Salvador Espriu Quotes

#1. I'm afraid of an extra face
in the mirror and sudden
nights with voices, the deep
certainty of things.
(from Parca)

Salvador Espriu

#2. Rilke said: This is what Fate means: to be opposite, to be opposite to every thing and nothing else but opposite and always opposite.

Maggie Stiefvater

#3. I look at life as a gift of God. Now that he wants it back I have no right to complain.

Joyce Cary

#4. Internet sexuality shows that we're becoming more and more self-involved. I'm talking about self-sex.

Volkmar Sigusch

#5. Ray Bradbury had once written that "living at risk is jumping off a cliff, and building your wings on the way down." Sampson

James Patterson

#6. My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless it is within a democratic framework.

Mohamed ElBaradei

#7. I'm an island boy, so I love my reggae and soca music.

Dule Hill

#8. I learned one thing; you never do anything for fame or money. You only do things 'cause they're fun or good. If you can combine the two at the same time, you can make a contribution to the world and have a lot of happiness.

Abbie Hoffman

#9. My heart was full and uplifted; it seemed that in my soul the question arose whether such things as Art, literature, science encompassed and completed life or whether there was still something in the distance which encompassed it even more completely and filled it with a far greater happiness.

Adalbert Stifter

#10. I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.

Gabrielle Zevin

#11. I stared out at the waves. "Why am I here?" I thought. Finally it came to me. But it was too late. I was a terrible lifeguard.

Alex Bosworth

#12. Who you become is infinitely more important than what you do, or what you have.

Matthew Kelly

#13. Freecycle groups match people who have things they want to get rid of with people who can use them.

Geoff Mulgan

#14. O friendship! thou fond soother of the human breast, to thee we fly in every calamity; to thee the wretched seek for succor; on thee the care-tired son of misery fondly relies; from thy kind assistance the unfortunate always hopes relief, and may be sure of
disappointment.

Oliver Goldsmith

#15. The best time to plan an experiment is after you've done it.

Ronald Fisher