“Five minutes are enough to dream a whole life, that is how relative time is.”

“La verdad, es que en el fondo soy un fatalista. Si a uno le llega la hora, da lo mismo un Boeing que la puntual maceta que se derrumba sobre uno desde un sptimo piso”

“After all Death is a Symbol that there was Life.”

“Cada vez que te enamores no expliques a nadie nada, deja que el amor te invada sin entrar en pormenores”

“In life you have to avoid three geometric figures - vicious circles, love triangles and square minds”

“I think the only positive thing that came from Uruguay's dictatorship was the spread of Montevideo natives around the world, and I continued writing about them from my various places of exile.”

“Im not a woman you bring home to Mother, pick out china patterns with, or Mary forefend, breed. Ive seen a chunk of the universe, true, but theres still so much more to see. I doubt Ill ever cure t...”

“My hope, my heaven, my trust must be,My gentle guide, in following thee.”

“Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere in the artificial pools, and slow clouds sailed harmonious...”