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Every illness is caused by something which is not an illness.

— Javier Marías Corazón tan blanco [A Heart So White (1992)

Toda enfermedad viene causada por algo que no es una enfermedad.

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Life is a very bad novelist. It is chaotic and ludicrous.

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

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

Everything persists and continues on its own, even if you yourself decide to withdraw.

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

Never dismiss ideas born of the imagination, Jack, you only get to them after much thought, much reflection and study, and considerable boldness.

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

Lies are lies, but all lies have their moment to be believed.

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

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