Quotes About Arturo

They told me that Arturo Belano once gave a lecture at the Casa del Lago and when it was his turn to talk he forgot everything. I think the lecture was supposed to be on Chilean poetry and Belano improvised a talk about horror movies.

He enjoyed lying on the tiles and getting a slight tan as he watched the Air Force planes practice for future wars by shooting at passenger aircraft.

No fear is unbearable, she concluded, unless you've got time on your hands and a healthy imagination.

y es cierto eso que dicen? ¿Que el carácter de una mujer se muestra con más sinceridad cuando baila? ?A veces. Pero no más que el de un hombre

Lo que, detalle simpático, valió a nuestra reina esta elegante definición del papa Pío Nono: Es puta, pero piadosa. Lo que sitúa el asunto en su contexto.

completa con esta novela la trilogía protagonizada por Falcó, el personaje literario más fascinante de los últimos tiempos.

it buried between the fastenings of a Frenchman's corselet. Which is actually not a bad end for a fine dagger like that one.

His curiosity about Africana--insatiable. Arturo had what he called the book hunting disease. No one volume told the whole story, and no library specialized in the subject.

In 1920 a political leader was elected who for the first time preached social justice: Arturo Alessandri Palma, nicknamed The Lion. He came from a middle-class family of second-generation Italian immigrants.

But you're worried?" Arturo asked. I attempted a smile. "No." "You're worried about something." I stared at him and shook my head lightly. "Yes, you are. You worry about everything. You're a true mexicana. A fatalist.