What is truly unbearable is that the person one recalls as part of the future should suddenly become the past. - Javier Marías

...possessed of more self-knowledge, which is the kind of knowledge that makes people attractive.

Never dismiss ideas born of the imagination, Jack, you only get to them after much thought, much reflection and study, and considerable boldness.

...al mantener el brazo en alto me permitió contemplar su axila, y cuando una mujer desnuda permite ver eso, y descubre una o ambas, es como si ofreciera un suplemento de desnudez con ello.