My death..I mean..will it be quick,and with dignity? How will i know when the end is coming?"
"When you vomit blood,sir," Tao Chi'en said sadly.
That happened three weeks later,in the middle of Pacific,in the privacy of the captain's cabin. As soon as he could stand , the old seaman cleaned up the traces of his vomit, rinsed out his mouth , changed his bloody shirt, lighted his pipe, and went to the bow of his ship , where he stood and looked for the last time at the stars winking in a sky of black velvet. Several sailors saw him and waited at a distance, caps in hands. When he had smoked the last of his tobacco, Captain John Sommers put his legs over the rail and noiselessly dropped into the sea.
-Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende.
Remember that all the others are more afraid than you
Isabel AllendeΠόσο ατέλειωτη και μπερδεμένη που είναι η ζωή, μαμά!'
'Εσύ τουλάχιστο μπορείς να την καταγράφεις για να προσπαθήσεις να την κατανοήσεις', απάντησε η μητέρα μου.
Tag: life complicated endless paula isabel-allende
Olía a yerbas y tenía la piel fría. Supo que amarla era su destino inexorable.
Isabel AllendeThe two moments are much alike: birth and death are made of the same fabric.
Isabel AllendeI have the idea that we grandmothers are meant to play the part of protective witches; we must watch over younger women, children, community and also, why not? this mistreated planet, the victim of such unrelenting desecration.
Isabel AllendeTag: grandmothers
This is the kind of detail that is forbidden in literature; in a book, no one would dare combine a full moon with Frank Sinatra. The problem with fiction is that it must seem credible, while reality seldom is.
Isabel AllendeTag: fiction-novel
A novel is achieved with hard work, the short story with inspiration.
Isabel AllendeTag: writing
The only good thing about marriage is becoming a widow
Isabel AllendeScrivo, lei ha scritto, che la memoria è fragile e il corso di una vita è molto breve e tutto avviene così in fretta, che non riusciamo a vedere il rapporto tra gli eventi, non possiamo misurare le conseguenze delle azioni, crediamo nella finzione del tempo, nel presente, nel passato, nel futuro, ma può anche darsi che tutto succeda simultaneamente...
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