Life had already given him sufficient reasons for knowing that no defeat was the final one.

To all, I would say how mistaken they are when they think that they stop falling in love when they grow old, without knowing that they grow old when they stop falling in love...

Nobody teaches life anything.

I’ve remained a virgin for you.

One of the most difficult things is the first paragraph. I have spent many months on a first paragraph, and once I get it, the rest just comes out very easily.

It was then that she realized that the yellow butterflies preceded the appearances of Mauricio Babilonia.

Faulkner is a writer who has had much to do with my soul, but Hemingway is the one who had the most to do with my craft - not simply for his books, but for his astounding knowledge of the aspect of craftsmanship in the science of writing.