42 Quotes by Antonio Muñoz Molina

...it disconcerts him not to be immune to the weakness that he finds so unpleasant in others.

A sharp awareness of the other, invisible world to which he could return soon made more tolerable the painstaking ugliness of the one where he now found himself and where, in spite of the passage of years, he'd never stopped being a stranger, an intruder.

He continued to wait as if the force of his obstinacy would influence Judith's actions and will.

I knew very well I couldn't give you many things you desired, but then neither will any other woman because what you want doesn't exist and you don't know how to want what's closest to you.

The appearance of normality was in and of itself a poor antidote to disaster.

I think there are many more despicable people than I ever imagined.

No escribo porque tenga cosas urgentes que decir. Escribo por el gusto de llenar las páginas en blanco del cuaderno que tengo abierto delante de mí.

I have spent a great deal of my life being part of minorities. Some of the people I admire the most in the world have had the courage to defend, against wind and tide, minority viewpoints in those frightening times when any disagreement with universal conformity is identified as treason.

I'm afraid I have an incurable urge for teaching.