Juan Rulfo
View AuthorEach sigh is like a sip of life that one lets go of.
Juan Rulfo
View AuthorNo one will ever hurt you, son. I am here to protect you. That's why I was born before you, and my bones hardened before yours.
Juan Rulfo
View AuthorI didn't feel like doing anything. Just living.
Juan Rulfo
View AuthorThere is air and sun, there are clouds. Up there, a blue sky (...) There is hope, in short. There is hope for us, despite our sorrow.
Juan Rulfo
View AuthorAnd you and I and everyone know that time is heavier than the heaviest burden a man can bear.
Juan Rulfo
View AuthorIt had been so many years since I lifted my face, that I forgot about the sky.
Juan Rulfo
View AuthorI used to believe that the heart could be directed here or there, as one wished, and that it could be controlled at will. But now I know that it's not, that it's not even yours.
Juan Rulfo
View AuthorI kept intact in my memory the environment in which I lived. The atmosphere in which my childhood developed, the air, the light, the color of the sky, the taste of the earth, that I kept. What memory gives me back are those sensations.
Juan Rulfo
View AuthorWe either save ourselves together or drown separately.
Juan Rulfo
View AuthorLearn this, son: in the new nest, you have to leave an egg. When old age flaps its wings at you, you will learn to live, you will know that your children leave you, that they don't appreciate anything; that they even consume your memory.
Salman Rushdie
View AuthorAll ideas, even sacred ones, must adapt to new realities.
Salman Rushdie
View AuthorI grew up kissing books and bread. Since I kissed a woman, my activities with bread and books lost interest.