It's true that a human being cannot control what happens to him. However, what we can control is how we respond to what happens to us, what we do with what happens to us. Even if the range of choice… — Rosa Montero Copy Share Image
“—Ser maldito es saber que tu discurso no puede tener eco, porque no hay oídos que lleguen a entenderte. En esto se parece a… — Rosa Montero Copy Share Image
“Ser maldito es saber que tu discurso no puede tener eco, porque no hay oídos que lleguen a entenderte. En esto se parece a la locura. Ser maldito es no coincidir con tu tiempo, con tu clase, con tu entorno, con tu lengua, con la cultura a la que se supone que perteneces. Ser maldito es desear ser como los… — Rosa Montero Copy Share
One of the things that troubles me the most in life, that upsets all of us, is that we reach this world with the capability to be anything. But then life starts to confine us inside our small realities. And then, the shadow of those other possible lives stays to lurk us and you can't shake it off, since it… — Rosa Montero Copy Share
“People believe in conspiracies because it’s a way of believing that deep down, horror has some order and meaning, even if that meaning is… — Rosa Montero Copy Share Image
Reality and fiction are really mixed up. The frontier between reality and fiction is tremendously porous and slippery. And in fact, when I remember something that has happened to me a long time ago, let's say twenty years ago, many times I'm not sure if I have actually lived what I am recalling, or I have dreamed about it, or… — Rosa Montero Copy Share
The flesh is what traps us, because no one has ever chosen his or her body to live in, has he? It's the flesh that makes us sick, that makes us old and that eventually ends up killing us. But at the same time, it's that glorious flesh that enables us to scratch heaven through sensuality, through passion. Paradoxically, the… — Rosa Montero Copy Share
“Cuando vives a dos el mundo se adapta a ese ruido, a ese ritmo, a esos perfiles, y la súbita ausencia del otro desencadena… — Rosa Montero Copy Share Image
The more readings a novel has, even contradictory, the better. In journalism, you talk about what you know; you have provided yourself with records,… — Rosa Montero Copy Share Image
At any given time, if you live long enough, old age catches you . . . the only choices we have in life are… — Rosa Montero Copy Share Image
The art path leads you to be increasingly free. And what does "because of being increasingly free" mean? Julio Ramón Ribeyro used to say… — Rosa Montero Copy Share Image
“People believe in conspiracies because it’s a way of believing that deep down, horror has some order and meaning, even if that meaning is… — Rosa Montero Copy Share Image
“Happiness is the same for everyone, but unhappiness is different for each person.” — Rosa Montero Copy Share Image
