"...the problem with words is that once spoken,……" — Arturo Pérez-Reverte
"...the problem with words is that once spoken, they cannot find their way back to the speaker alone."
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Arturo Pérez-Reverte
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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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I once wrestled with an angel. He won, but I learned a few things.
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There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads.
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I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came…
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India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex…
— Sri Aurobindo
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Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her…
— Jane Austen
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I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone.
— Richard Avedon
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Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to…
— Teresa of Avila
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While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward,…
— Teresa of Avila
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The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be…
— Diane Ackerman
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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially…
— Ibrahim Babangida
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In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges…
— Michelle Bachelet
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We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
— Anna Letitia Barbauld
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