“La vida es dos pasos adelante y uno atrás.”
“Hay gente que nace humana. Al resto nos cuesta toda la vida conseguirlo.”
“la finalidad de la vida no es otra sino la de aprestarse a estar mucho tiempo muerto.”
“La vida es impredecible.”
“Sabíamos de sobra que era ardua y efímera pero no había otra, general.”
“Experiencia es el nombre que damos a nuestros errores.”
“Para la mayoría de nosotros la verdadera vida es la vida que no llevamos.”
“Creo que todos tenemos un poco de esa bella locura que nos mantiene andando cuando todo alrededor es tan insanamente cuerdo.”
“Miss Vida Liam said has anyone never told you that you are positively the whipped cream on the sundae of life? She glared at him. Anyone ever told you your head is shaped like a pencil? That is physically impossible, Chubs groused. He d be__ Actually Liam began, Cole once did try to__ What? Oh,I m sorry, Chubs said, apparently the middle of my sentence interrupted the beginning of yours. Do continue.”
“No concibo mi vida más que como un encadenamiento de muertes sucesivas. Arrastro tras de mí los cadáveres de todas mis ilusiones, de todas mis vocaciones perdidas.”
“Yes, well”—he pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose delicately—“the burner phone we had accidentally fell out of the car, and someone accidentally backed over it. Because someone was in a rush after she accidentally alerted some skip tracers we were nearby when she accidentally used her abilities to move a light pole out of the road after she had accidentally backed into it.” “Someone better shut their mouth before I accidentally slam my fist into their teeth.” She punched his shoulder, and it was almost...playful. “Shut his mouth, fist into his teeth.” “Really? A grammar lesson?”
“¿Quién ha dicho que sólo pueden hacernos sufrir los malvados?”
“Si te presentas como alguien derrotado, la gente se comportará contigo como con alguien que está perdiendo. Si comienzas a erguirte, la gente te mirará y te tratará de forma distinta.”
“, dijo Emerson, . Si es así, mi vida, no es más que un gran intestino. No sólo pienso en la comida todo el día, sino que, además, sueño con ella por la noche. ”
“A veces hemos de ser juzgados por nuestros actos únicos.”
“Sabía que si regresaba a Venecia no podría retomar una vida que había dejado a medias en el mismo punto en que se había interrumpido. Como mucho, podría iniciar una vida distinta.”
“Just shut up and start sucking each other s faces already, Vida grumbled, leaning awkwardly against the stump. She would never admit it aloud, but I knew the burns on her back her eating her alive with pain. I m trying to make up for the sleep I lost when you started screeching at each other like cats in heat. Miss Vida, Liam said, has anyone ever told you that you are positively the whipped cream on the sundae of life? She glared at him. Anyone ever told you your head is shaped like a pencil? That is physically impossible, Chubs groused. He d be-- Actually, Liam began, Cole once did try to-- What? Oh, I m sorry, Chub said, apparently the middle of my sentence interrupted the beginning of yours. Do continue. I m going to guess you probably don t want to hear about the time he pushed my head through the neighbours fence... Was there a lot of blood? Vida asked, suddenly interested. Did you lose an ear? Liam held his hands up next to his ears, indicating both were firmly attached to his skull. Then, no she said. No one wants to hear your boring-ass story.”