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1 " The fireflies flew up into the sky, free.I watched them until I could no longer tell them apart from the stars. "
― Paul Pen , The Light of the Fireflies
2 " These fireflies that you say you see are like the chick that hatched in our hands,” she explained.“Huh?”“I gave you a very special power the night you brought me the egg. I taught you to see things like I have to see them,” she said. She laid a wrinkly finger on my forehead. “Imagining them. And I see you’ve managed to make good use of that power.”I let out a sigh of wonder.“There’s no creature more amazing than one that can make its own light,” Grandma went on. "
3 " No existe criatura más fascinante que aquella que es capaz de crear luz por sí misma "
4 " A door loses its meaning if you don’t ever go through it. It becomes a wall. "
5 " Y a la oscuridad quedarán relegados quienes no estén preparados para saber qué hay más allá de su pequeño mundo". "
6 " No existe criatura más fascinante que aquella que es capaz de crear luz por sí misma –continúo la abuela–. Y me parece a mí que tú eres una de ellas. Tú has creado tu propia luz. La luz que necesitabas en esta oscuridad. "
7 " There’s no creature more amazing than one that can make its own light. "
8 " La mejor manera de superar un miedo, es enfrentarse a el. "
9 " Maybe the day has come when his desire to know is stronger than his fear of the unknown. "
10 " And those unwilling to look beyond their own little world will be left in the dark. "
11 " There’s no creature more amazing than one that can make its own light, "
12 " (...) una mosca habría delatado su posición solo por el ruido del latido de su corazón. Aunque el corazón de las moscas no sea más que un órgano pulsátil que en realidad bombea hemolinfa y no sangre. "
13 " People who don’t have any children miss a lot of pleasures,” said Rick, “but they also avoid a lot of suffering. "
― Paul Pen , Desert Flowers
14 " A very simple trick that anyone can do. It consists of being glad for what you’ve got instead of being unhappy about what you don’t have. "
15 " It was the smile of someone remaining silent because they know that sometimes one must make one’s own mistakes in order to learn the lessons. "
16 " No existe criatura más fascinante que aquella que es capaz de crear luz por sí misma. "
17 " No, I’m a mother. It’s easy to feel compassion when you understand that everyone’s the child of a woman like you. "
18 " Miré a la nada entre mis manos, deseando ver los rayos de sol que ellas me habían traído del mundo exterior. Aunque no fuera así en realidad. Aunque su luz no fuera más que otra luz artificial en mi vida, un montón de químicos en el abdomen de un insecto. "
19 " There’s no creature more amazing than one that can make its own light. 6 Naked, wearing only a towel around my waist, I went into the bathroom. "
20 " There were two windows in the basement. One at the end of the hall and another in the kitchen. "
