Quotes from Guillermo del Toro

unable to perceive the shape of you, i find you all around me

En ausencia de la luz prevalece la oscuridad

Evil seldom takes shape immediately. It is often little more than a whisper at first. A glance. A betrayal. But then it grows and takes root, still invisible, unnoticed. Only fairy tales give evil a proper shape.

We are all insane to one degree or another, and the most functional of us merely hides it the best.

Kelly was not going to remove her glasses. No matter what the television said about it being safe to do during the 'totality'. The television also told her she wouldn't age if she bought expensive creams and pills.

Success is fucking up on your own terms.

Can you zoom in?" The foreman rolled his eyes. "This here ain't CSI—it's Radio-fucking-Shack.

I feel as if a link exists between your heart and mine, and should that link be broken, either by distance or by time, then my heart would cease to beat and I would die.

Looking back on one's life, you see that love was the answer to everything. I love you, Nora. I always will. And that we will have forever.

Like most of the well-intentioned privileged Elisa has met, he has no grasp of the priorities of the servile, how all they want is to get through a shift without trouble.

Nora said, "I thought vampires drank virgin blood. They hypnotize…they turn into bats…" Setrakian said, "They are much romanticized. But the truth is more…how should I say?" "Perverse," said Eph. "Disgusting," said Nora.

Ante el terror y la deshumanización, la pasión humana era en sí misma un acto de desafío.

Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness … The

That's the thing about being a janitor, or maid, any type of custodian. You glide unseen, like a fish underwater.

Elisa nuzzles into the phrase, explores it, finds it familiar, almost cozy.

You'll meet her, she's very pretty, even though sometimes she's sad for many days at a time. You'll see, when she smiles, you'll love her.

how the word janitor came from Janus, the god of entrances and exits,

I guess a vampire doesn't have much need for good hygiene.

The most intelligent of creatures, often make the fewest sounds.

who but a career academic has a favorite philosopher?—

Ese adicto al crack podía fumarse cualquier cantidad de dólares con la velocidad de un demonio.

Soy un romántico desilusionado o un pesimista esperanzado. Cualquiera de las dos cosas.

The moon this particular evening is a great hole carved through nightflesh to reveal pale, luminescent bone,

so my wife took them up to a friend's on Kinnelon Lake." Not far enough,