What is truly unbearable is that the person one recalls as part of the future should suddenly become the past.

— Javier Marías Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí [Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me (1994)

Lo más intolerable es que se convierta en pasado quien uno recuerda como futuro.

Original text (Spanish)

Notes from Wikiquote

p. 126

Tu rostro mañana, 2. Baile y sueño [Your Face Tomorrow, Vol. 2: Dance and Dream (2004)

Corazón tan blanco [A Heart So White (1992)

Tu rostro mañana, 2. Baile y sueño [Your Face Tomorrow, Vol. 2: Dance and Dream (2004)

Tu rostro mañana, 1. Fiebre y lanza [Your Face Tomorrow, Vol. 1: Fever and Spear (2002)

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