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1 " A friend of ours was arrested because he painted a slogan that said, 'Tourists, you're the terrorists. "
― Mariana Enríquez , The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories
2 " Los japoneses creen que, después de morir, las almas van a un lugar que tiene, digamos, un cupo limitado. Y que cuando se llegue a ese límite, cuando no quede más lugar para las almas, van a empezar a volver a este mundo. Esa vuelta es el anuncio del fin del mundo, en realidad. "
3 " Era tanta la rabia que las lágrimas no caían. "
4 " We were scared, but fear doesn’t look the same as desperation. "
5 " La chica se rió. Tenía una risa rara, forzada pero no falsa. Como si no estuviera acostumbrada a reírse. "
6 " Sometimes I think the crazies aren’t people, they’re not real. They’re like incarnations of the city’s madness, like escape valves. If they weren’t here, we’d all kill each other or die of stress, "
7 " they weren’t attracted to each other, they’d known it even before going to bed together, but they still wanted to try, because they were alone "
8 " And now you can't smoke in bars. Yeah, I know that's happening everywhere, but a bar isn't supposed to be a healthy place, goddammit. It's a place you go to scheme, to relax, to get wasted. But not here. "
9 " I only became friends with him that summer when all my other friends decided to become assholes—otherwise known as the summer when I decided to hate all my friends. "
10 " At that age there’s music playing in your head all the time, as if a radio were transmitting from the nape of your neck, inside your skull. Then one day that music starts to grow softer, or it just stops. When that happens, you’re no longer a teenager "
11 " Esperaba que cada verano fuera el último, y pasaba casa vez más tiempo en el mirador, adonde apenas llegaba el rumor de los vivos, que ella sabía imitar tan bien, pero que no comprendía. "
12 " They're cleaning the graffiti! There were some that were really beautiful, no other city in the world had graffiti like Barcelona's. But just try to explain to those brutes what art is. The fuck. They ruin everything. "
13 " [...] sólo quería ese estado vagamente distante y químico que la desconectaba pero le permitía vivir un poco, cada vez menos, pero lo suficiente. "
14 " Los dos sabíamos cuál podía ser el final, y no nos importaba. "
15 " La casa, según las fotos, era baja y de fachada blanco sucio. No anunciaba lo que pasaba adentro. "
16 " she wanted to look at his photos again and get jealous when he paid more attention to the cat than to her "
17 " Where Are You, Dear Heart? "
18 " Cuando escuchamos los gritos de Silvia y Diego desde la ruta, rezamos secretamente para que no parara ningún auto y también los escuchara; a veces, como éramos tan jóvenes y lindas, nos ofrecían llevarnos gratis hasta la ciudad. Llegó el 307 y subimos con tranquilidad para no levantar sospechas. El chofer nos preguntó cómo andábamos y le dijimos bien, bárbaro, todo tranquilo, todo tranquilo. "
19 " Kids Who Come Back "
20 " Tengo tres recuerdos de él, por uno de ellos puede ser falso. "
