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Between 1928 and 1936, he published eight of Carax's novels.

The critics had a field day writing Carax off in a few lines, advising him not to leave his employment as a pianist

Carax had been involved in a duel in Père Lachaise cemetery.

La mayoría de los autores que se habían sentido llamados a escribir sobre lo divino, lo humano y lo sacro, debían de haber sido estudiosos doctos y píos en grado sumo, pero como escritores eran una birria. El sufrido lector que debía patinar sobre sus páginas se las veía y se las deseaba para no caer en un estado de coma inducido por el aburrimiento a cada punto y aparte.

La culpa y el remordimiento no tienen significado. Son sentimientos, emociones, no ideas.

I'm not sure whether to thank you or report you to the police," he said at last.

el futuro de la literatura depende de las mujeres

I've seen many strange things in my work, my friend, but a wealthy lawyer who leaves everything to go write sonnets is not part of the repertoire. -Ricardo Salvador

I had begun to understand that my father was ashamed that others might think him ignorant, a residue from a war which, like all wars, was fought in the name of God and country to make a few men who were already far too powerful when they started it even more powerful.

The eloquence of an explanation," he had told her, "is directly proportional to the intelligence of the person expressing it, in the same way as its credibility is proportional to the stupidity of the person listening to it.

These people who see sin everywhere are sick in their souls and, if you really press me, in their bowels too.

A media perorata ya me había quedado en blanco, bien por efecto de la fórmula explosiva o por la pirotecnia gramatical desplegada por mi buen amigo.

a story is a letter the author writes to himself

Julián had once told me that a story is a letter the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.

A lineup of ladies with their virtue for rent and a lot of mileage on the clock greeted us with smiles that would only have excited a student of dentistry.

watching the steam rise from my clothes like a fleeing soul.

I'm sorry but those señoras are asking you to choose words more carefully. -Well, wouldn't the go f....- responded Fumero loudly.

The gaslight radiating from this opening gave an ocher tone to the miasma that emanated from within.

I've seen the other side. I know your religion is just a sham. Lici is innocent. You're the real demons.

Poetry, above all, is a series of intense moments - its power is not in narrative. I'm not dealing with facts, I'm dealing with emotion.

Only once did Myra's impassive public facade drop: when she stuck her tongue out at reporters as she left court.

Are you saying there's a fourth suspect?" I asked. "Someone we don't even know about?" Ashley doodled on the top of her note page. "It doesn't make sense." "Great-Grandma Olive would say that's why it's a mystery," I pointed out.

That was creepy!" Ashley gasped as we hurried through the woods. "It was," I agreed. "And just when I was starting to like him!

she herself loved the character of Elizabeth Bennet. I must confess that I think her as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print, and how I shall be able to tolerate those who do not like her at least, I do not know.