"I once wrestled with an angel. He won,……" — Arturo Pérez-Reverte
"I once wrestled with an angel. He won, but I learned a few things."
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20 Quotes by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
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Becoming a book collector is like joining a religion: it’s for life.
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Centuries of make-up that can be smudged by emotion have taught women to control their feelings.
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Never trust a man who reads only one book.
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he looked around at the books on the walls, at their dark, worn spines, and he seemed to hear a…
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The world is full of banks and rivers running between them, of men and women crossing bridges and fords, unaware…
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You’ve just mentioned the price that has to be paid…Pride, freedom…Knowledge. Whether at the beginning or at the end, you…
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Because God and the devil could be one and the same thing, and everybody understood it in his own way.
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Actually loneliness has a kind of fascination; it's a state of egotistical, inner grace that you can achieve only by…
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You don't choose your friends, they choose you, and you either reject them or you accept them without reservations.
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One is never alone with a book nearby, don't you agree? Every page reminds us of a day that has…
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Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that…
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...the problem with words is that once spoken, they cannot find their way back to the speaker alone.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
— Saint Augustine
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We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.
— Saint Augustine
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Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I…
— Teresa of Avila
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But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to…
— Francis Bacon
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The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
— Francis Bacon
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I remember being on film sets when I was younger, and only men got to do the cool action movies.…
— Drew Barrymore
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It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure,…
— Karl Barth
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Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing…
— Martha Beck
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Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an…
— Martha Beck
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Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since.
— Josh Billings
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Its visits, like those of angels, short, and far between.
— Robert Blair
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It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not…
— William Blake
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