But all the long speeches, all the interminable days and hours that people had spent talking about my soul, had left me with the impression of a colorless swirling river that was making me dizzy.

Madness such as this, its like trying to stop a fire with the moisture from a kiss

Once in the midst of a seemingly endless winter, I discovered within myself an invincible spring.

That must be wonderful; I have no idea of what it means.

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

It was in Spain that [my generation] learned that one can be right and yet be beaten, that force can vanquish spirit, that there are times when courage is not its own recompense. It is this, doubtless, which explains why so many, the world over, feel the Spanish drama as a personal tragedy.

I longed to be forgotten in order to be able to complain to myself.