Quotes from C.W. Gortner

Todo el mundo tiene algún secreto. Como hace una ostra con un grano de arena, lo enterramos a gran profundidad en nuestro interior y lo cubrimos con capas opalescentes, como si eso pudiera curar nuestra herida mortal.

Algunos de nosotros dedicamos la vida entera a mantener oculto un secreto, a salvo de quienes intentan entrometerse y atesorándolo como si fuera una perla, solo para acabar descubriendo que se nos escapa cuando menos lo esperamos, revelado por un destello de miedo en los ojos cuando nos pillan desprevenidos, por un dolor repentino, rabia u odio, o por una vergüenza que lo consume todo.

Hay momento que definen nuestra existencia, momentos que, si los reconocemos, suponen un giro definitivo en nuestra vida. Como perlas en un hilo, la acumulación de tales momentos, con el tiempo, constituyen la esencia de nuestra existencia, proporcionándonos consuelo cuando nuestro fin se acerca.

GRIEF IS SELFISH. It enshrouds us, clutches us to its desiccated breast like an anxious mother. It does not want us to leave, though we know we must if we are to survive. Only madness lies ahead for those who cannot escape it, for grief will consume those who have nothing else to live for.

Every step I took could lead me to glory or tragedy; every choice I made had a consequence. My fate was in my hands.

Czy zawsze musisz zobaczy?, ?eby uwierzy??

No truth can be determined that concerns the future.

Everyone has secret. Like the oyster with its grain of sand, we bury it deep within, coating it with opalescent layers, as if that could heal our mortal wound. Some of us devote our entire lives to keeping our secret hidden, safe from those who might pry it from us, hoarding it like the pearl, only to discover that it escapes us when we least expect it. revealed by a flash of fear in our eyes when caught unawares, by a sudden pain, a rage or hatred, or an all-consuming shame.

Though I strived for spiritual and physical unity in all of Spain, I believed a truly great country, one that would endure for centuries, must be built on the foundation of a literate and well-rounded society.

And I vowed that were it ever within my power, I would see to it that he had his voyage.

I turned on my heel and left her, exasperated that even as I worked my fingers to the bone to liberate women from our cloth chains, our minds remained as closed as ever to the possibility that we might deserve more than a husband, children, and growing old cooking sausage.

Sometimes it's the simplest things we should most long for.

Nie rozumiesz, bo nie wiesz jak wielka jest niszcz?ca moc w?adzy. Nadal wierzysz, ?e mo?na wszystko rozwi?za? dzi?ki logice, ?e ludzie pos?uchaj? g?osu rozs?dku, bo przecie? w gruncie rzeczy w obliczu Boga wszyscy jeste?my równi.

having someone I could belong to was a lure I'd always both fought against and gravitated to. I did not like the idea of being owned,

Wlepia? oczy w wymalowane kurwy jak g?odny w plastry ciel?ciny

Beauty is fleeting. We must enjoy what we have before time steals it away.

I unlocked her cage, but you, my thieving friend, aim to set her free. Be careful with what you do. Wild things are never tamed.

Nauczy?am si?, ?e albo akceptujemy to, co daje nam ?ycie, albo ga?niemy.

family, a princess of no power. I was indeed a Romanov now, with all the challenges, privileges, and obligations my rank entailed.

ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1492, Don Cristóbal Colón—newly entitled as High Admiral and newly appointed a noble of our court—departs the port of Palos. He travels with three ships—the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María. Serenaded by his crew, he stands at the prow of the Santa María, the wind ruffling his silvery hair. He looks ahead, always ahead, to the horizon.

We cannot fight fortuna, only try to anticipate her whims and, if we're lucky, bend her to our will.

it is our most holy number, the perfect embodiment of God's creation: wind, earth, fire, water, and, most important of all, spirit. Everything

Five is the most sacred number in the firmament." She motioned.

But even if we lose everything we work for, the achievement is ours forever.