67 Quotes by Ernesto Sábato

ليس من سبيل لاجتياز الأبدية غير التعمق في اللحظة الراهنة، وليس هناك من شكل آخر لتحقيق الشمولية إلا من خلال الحالة الشخصية: هنا والآن (الحاضر الزمكاني) ومهمة الكاتب تكون، والحالة هذه، إدراك القيم الأدبية التي تسربت إلى الدراما الإجتماعية والسياسية لمكانه وزمانه

Al parecer, la dignidad de la vida humana no estaba prevista en el plan de globalización.

Es curioso, pero vivir consiste en construir futuros recuerdos; ahora mismo, aquí frente al mar, sé que estoy preparando recuerdos minuciosos, que alguna vez me traerán la melancolía y la desesperanza.

Was our life nothing more than a sequence of anonymous screams in a desert of indifferent stars?

The expression ‘there is nothing like the good old days’ does not mean that fewer bad things happened before, but fortunately, that people tend to forget about them.

Necesitaba detalles: me emocionan los detalles, no las generalidades.

The phrase ‘the good old days’ does not mean that bad things happened less frequently in the past, only – fortunately – that people simply forget they happened.

It is strange, but living is constructing memories. Right now, here in front of the sea, I know that I am creating small memories that someday will bring me melancholy and despair.

I for one have never believed there is such a thing as a collective memory – which may be one way humans protect themselves. The phrase ‘the good old days’ does not mean that bad things happened less frequently in the past, only fortunately that people simply forget they happened.