7 Quotes by Mercè Rodoreda

They are consumed by the fear of desire.

Men who do things are men who are already dead.

«Escribir bien cuesta. Por escribir bien entiendo decir con la máxima simplicidad las cosas esenciales.»

You can have everything you want, but accompanied by pain, until you learn not to want anything.

I caught her one day eating a bee. When she realized I was watching, she spit it out, saying the bee had flown into her mouth. But I knew that she ate bees. She would choose the ones that had drunk the most wisteria juice and keep them alive in her mouth for a moment, let them play a little before swallowing.

La mort va fugir pel cor i quan ja no vaig tenir la mort a dintre em vaig morir...

Escribir bien cuesta. Por escribir bien entiendo decir con la máxima simplicidad las cosas esenciales.