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61 " The real crime of these lists isn’t that they leave deserving books off them, but that they make people see fantastic literary adventures as obligations. You "
― Katarina Bivald , The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
62 " An incomplete series could be catastrophic, even for those around you. "
63 " In books, people were charming and friendly, and life followed certain set patterns. If a person dreamed of doing something, then you could be almost certain that, by the end of the book, they would almost certainly be doing that very thing. And they would find someone to do it with. In the real world, you could be almost certain that person would end up doing absolutely anything other than what they had dreamed of. "
64 " People were strange like that. They could be completely uninterested in you, but the moment you picked up a book, you were the one being rude. As "
65 " Toda la ciudad estaba cubierta por una especie de manto de tristeza, igual que si varias generaciones de problemas se hubieran quedado pegadas a los ladrillos y al asfalto "
66 " She had thrown herself into one ambitious reading project after another, but things had rarely gone according to plan. It was boring to think of books as something you should read just because others had, and besides, she was much too easily distracted. There were far too many books out there to stick to any kind of theme. When "
67 " En los libros podía convertirse en quien quisiera. Podía ser chula, bella, elegante, se le podía ocurrir la réplica perfecta en el momento adecuado y podía... vivir cosas. Cosas de verdad. Cosas que les pasaban a las personas de verdad. En los libros las personas eran elegantes y afables y la vida seguía patrones marcados. Si una persona soñaba con hacer algo, se sabía casi seguro que al final del libro lo conseguiría. Y que encontraría a alguien con quien hacerlo. En la realidad uno podía estar casi seguro de que una persona haría cualquier cosa menos aquello "
68 " Sara was thinking about the story of Penguin—the publisher had started the Armed Forces Book Club to spread a little joy and entertainment among the soldiers far from home and their families and their friends. Best of all was the fact that the smaller paperback format fit easily in their uniform pockets. “It was especially prized in prison camps,” Penguin’s official history claimed. Which Sara had always thought was a particularly sad sentence. But still, it said something about the power of books. "
69 " And I hardly need any help feeling insignificant. I like that sometimes, though. That we're so small that two people can be standing in two different towns, looking up at the very same sky. "
70 " Just look educated. How hard can it be? Off you go.” It "
71 " Creo que ningún libro me ha emocionado tanto como Beloved de Toni Morrison, y no hay autora a la que admire más que a Joyce Carol Oates. Creo que la única razón por la que no le han dado el Premio Nobel (¿a qué os dedicáis por estas tierras? ¿No puedes hablar con ellos?) es que describe demasiado. Una productividad así es demasiado para la autoestima masculina de los críticos (escribe más de prisa de lo que la critican). ¿Cómo vas a reseñar una obra nueva si no tienes fuerzas para leer antes otras cincuenta de sus obras? "
72 " ¿Acaso el amor tiene que ser siempre tan pasional como la gripe? ¿Fiebre y alucinaciones y dolor y ninguna pastilla que sirva de remedio? "
73 " ¿Acaso el amor tiene que ser siempre tan pasional como la gripe? ¿Fiebre y alucinaciones y dolor y ninguna pastilla que sirva de remedio? [...] ¿El amor no pude ser, simplemente, que te guste alguien? Gustar de verdad, quiero decir, no esa ñoñería de "Me gustas, pero no te quiero", cosa que solo significa que no conoces en absoluto a la otra persona y tampoco te interesa llegar a conocerla. Sino gustar de verdad. Sentirte tranquila cuando estás con él, no tener que fingir que eres alguien cuando estás con él, no tener que ser tan chula. Alguien que te contradice cuando intentas bromear para quitarles importancia a las cosas. O que te friega los platos cuando estás cansada para que cuando vuelvas a casa te encuentres una encimera reluciente cuando toto se te hace una montaña. "
74 " Estoy convencido de que la mayor parte de lo que se considera bueno es en verdad malo, y si hay algo de lo que me arrepiento es, sin lugar a dudas, de mi buen comportamiento. ¿Qué clase de demonios me tenían poseído para que me portara tan bien? "
75 " Sara! Why aren’t you picking up? Is Amy a serial killer? I know what America’s like. If you’re lying in pieces somewhere, I’ll never forgive you. Unless you call us back right now, I’m ringing the CIA…” Her father mumbled something in the background. “FBI. Whatever.” When "
76 " Believe me, this isn’t a town worth staying for. No town is. They drag you into their problems, and then they want to take charge of you, and then they spit you out. Though not always in that order, of course. "
77 " The world was simply full of happy endings, Sara thought, turning back to William. It would have been a waste not to make use of them. "
78 " —¿No te da pena quedarte sin ellos?—No, la verdad es que no —contestó—. Nunca podría leerme todos los libros yo sola. Si alguien se los lleva, por lo menos podrán ser apreciados. Y cuando te gusta un libro, lo que quieres es que llegue a más gente.—¿Qué pasa con los que no le gustan a nadie?—Siempre hay una persona para cada libro. Y un libro para cada persona. "
79 " It's pointless. If you play by their rules, they'll beat you every time. It's like the saying... Don't ever argue with an idiot. They'll will drag you down to their level and then beat you with their experience. The same applies to how you should live your life, because they'll drag you down to their level. They'll win, and you'll have a damned awful time in the process. "
80 " Caroline has been bound to other people's expectations her whole life. So now she spends her time trying to force her own onto everyone else. "