18 Quotes by Carmen Laforet

Hablaba conmigo en cuclillas junto a la cafetera,que estaba en el suelo, y entonces parecía en tensión, lleno de muelles bajo los músculos morenos. Luego, inopinadamente, se tumbaba en la cama, fumando, relajadas las facciones como si el tiempo no tuviera valor, como si nunca hubiera de levantarse de allí. Casi como si se hubiera echado para morir fumando.

When I left, I had learnt nothing. I took nothing with me. At least, that's what I thought then.

It was the first time I traveled alone, but I was not scared.

That profound night freedom was agreeable and exciting.

I write short, my words tight to the thread of the narrative.

I was realizing, for the first time, that everything goes on, turns gray, is ruined in the living. That there is no end to our story until death comes and the body decays...

The most painful and jealously guarded secrets are perhaps the ones that everyone around us knows. Stupid tragedies. Useless tears.

When I left, I had learnt nothing. I took nothing with me. At least, that’s what I thought then.

Some creatures are born to live, others to work, others to watch life. I had a small, miserable role as a spectator. Impossible to get out of it. Impossible to free myself. A dreadful grief was the only reality for me then.