Gloria Uribe > Gloria Uribe's Quotes

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
― Narcotics Anonymous

“Miss Mitchell had a lovely voice, it was true, but Miss Mitchell speaking Italian was something celestial. Her ruby mouth opening and closing, the delicate way she almost sang the words, her tongue peeking out to wet her lips from time to time...Professor Emerson had to remind himself to close his mouth after it had dropped open.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“I want to make love to you because I care about you. I want to worship your naked body with my own and learn all of your secrets. I want to please you, not for minutes, but for hours and even days. I want to see you arch your back in ecstasy and look into your eyes when I make you come.”
― Sylvain Reynard

“Having seen you naked, I should demand that the only thing you wear in my presence from now on are these earrings. Anything else is superfluous.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“If I were to taste your mouth now, I couldn't answer for the consequences. So I can only adore this beautiful neck. I know that in a few seconds I will have to pull away, before the temptation becomes too much. It's too much already. You have no idea how much I want you.”
― Sylvain Reynard

“Cualquier persona que haya estado enamorada conoce la diferencia entre el eros y la lujuria. No hay comparación. La segunda es una sombra del primero, una sombra vacía y frustrante.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Rapture

“—¿Por qué sigues creyendo en Dios? ¿No estás enfadada con Él por todas las cosas malas que te han pasado?

Ella interrumpió lo que estaba haciendo y se volvió hacia él. Gabriel parecía muy infeliz.

—A todo el mundo le pasan cosas malas. ¿Por qué iba a ser yo distinta a los demás?

—Porque eres buena.

Ella se miró las manos.

—El universo no se basa en la magia. No hay unas reglas para las personas buenas y otras para las personas malas. Todo el mundo sufre en un momento u otro. Lo importante es lo que haces con tu dolor, ¿no crees?”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Rapture

“Why do we allow people to abuse their children? Why don't we defend the sick and the weak? Why do we let soldiers round up our neighbors and make them wear a star on their clothing and cram them into boxcars? It isn't God who's evil-it's us.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Rapture

“Te respiro —susurró—. Eres mi aire. Lo eres todo”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Rapture

“Das por sentado que mis anteriores relaciones fueron satisfactorias, pero te equivocas. Tú me diste algo que nadie me había dado antes: sexo y amor al mismo tiempo. Eres la única de mis parejas que ha sido mi amante en el auténtico sentido de la palabra.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Rapture

“Queridísima Julianne:
Gracias por tu regalo, de valor incalculable.
Lo único valioso que tengo para darte a cambio es mi corazón.
Es tuyo,
Gabriel”
― Sylvain Reynard

“—Si yo bajara en busca de tu alma, ni todos los querubines negros juntos podrían apartarme de ti.

Un escalofrío recorrió la espalda de Julia.

—Haría lo que fuera necesario por salvarte —añadió él y, en ese momento, su expresión y el tono de su voz no admitían discusión—. Incluso aunque tuviera que pasar la eternidad en el infierno con tal de lograrlo.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Rapture

“Tal vez fui demasiado cuidadoso, demasiado protector, pero no podía soportar la idea de causarte dolor.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Rapture

“Dante perdió a Beatriz cuando ella tenia veinticuatro años y pasó el resto de su existencia llorando su muerte. Si yo te perdiera, me pasaría lo mismo. Nunca habría nadie que ocupe tu lugar. Nunca.”
― Sylvain Reynard

“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“I'll eat you up I love you so.”
― Maurice Sendak

“Tell me,
what is it you plan to do
with your one
wild and precious life?”
― Mary Oliver

“Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.”
― Rob Reiner

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
― E.E. Cummings

“We read to know we're not alone.”
― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play

“I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”
― Sarah Williams

“You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
― Rumi

“I am here to live out loud.”
― Emila Zola

“The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words.”
― William H. Gass, A Temple of Texts

“In a way, looking back, it seemed a long, long time since she had been eighteen, but in another way her memories were so clear and vivid that it seemed like yesterday.”
― Helen Hooven Santmyer

“Books. Cats. Life is Good.”
― Edward Gorey

“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

“Let our scars fall in love.”
― Galway Kinnell