He had an ability to surprise, as does every major idiot, and, of course, to irritate, all in the space of a single second. - Javier Marías

We always condemn ourselves by what we say, not by what we do.

Todo está ahí a la vista, en realidad todo es visible desde muy pronto en las relaciones como en los relatos honrados, basta con atreverse a mirarlo, un solo instante encierra el germen de muchos años venideros y casi de nuestra historia entera.

...she kept her arm raised and thus allowed me to observe her armpit, and when a naked woman allows you to do that, uncovering one or both, it's as if she were offering up to you an additional nakedness.