Looking out over the courtyard at the dirty walls, he realized he had no idea whether it was hysteria or love.

When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.

But isn't it true that an author can write only about himself?

The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man.

I want you to be weak. As weak as I am.

Between the approximation of the idea and the precision of reality there was a small gap of the unimaginable, and it was this hiatus that gave him no rest.

Tomas did not realize at the time that metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are not to be trifled with. A single metaphor can give birth to love.

Physical love is unthinkable without violence.

Our dreams prove that to imagine - to dream about things that have not happened - is among mankind's deepest needs.

Metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are not to be trifled with.

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.

Reflect that nothing merits admiration except thespirit, the impressiveness of which prevents it from being impressed by anything.

My soul also feel proud from my work.

What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.

There is no one more talkative than Cubans, Cubans express their feelings, there's nobody more rebellious and revolutionary than a Cuban and I say that without chauvinism.

An open mind but not an empty head.

As far as writing, it's grown because I've really grown comfortable with who I am.

The biggest day in the history of Kentucky's program.

You can live a lifetime in two years.

I was the youngest of nine siblings... I lost my father when I was just 13. For me, the elders have been my gods.

Growing into your future ... requires a dedication to caring for yourself as if you were rare and precious, which you are, and regarding all life around you as equally so, which it is.