“I think women gather up into themselves what they have been through much more than we (men) do. To them, what is past becomes a real part of them, as much a part of them as a limb; to us it's always something external, at the best the rung of a ladder, at the worst a weight on the heel.”

“-Hay muchas cosas irrevocables- dijo Harry-, pero nunca se sabe si lo son o no, hasta que se ha averiguado. Y siempre vale la pena hacerlo.”

“Ya sabes cómo suceden las cosas -prosiguió-. Va una por la vida de una manera insípida, aburrida, y entonces, de pronto, un rostro se destaca de la muchedumbre de conocidos, un rostro al que estás segura de reconocer, como si fuera el rostro de un amigo aunque nunca lo hayas visto. Casi parece como si te encontraras de pronto con alguien a quien anduviste buscando mucho tiempo, y a quien recuperas con gran alegría. Bueno, pues los amigos son así... Son muy pocos, sin duda, aunque después de todo son esos pocos los que de verdad importan. A los amigos así no los pierdes, por mucho que estén ausentes, o incluso... muertos.”

“However, for the man who studies to gain insight, books and studies are merely rungs of the ladder on which he climbs to the summit of knowledge. As soon as a rung has raised him up one step, he leaves it behind. On the other hand, the many who study in order to fill their memory do not use the rungs of the ladder for climbing, but take them off and load themselves with them to take away, rejoicing at the increasing weight of the burden. They remain below forever, because they bear what should have bourne them.”

“True self is the part of us that does not change when circumstances do.”

“If mothers could learn to do for themselves what they do for their children when these are overdone, we should have happier households. Let the mother go out to play!”

“Freelancing is tough. It can be very difficult, in fact. It can wear people down, making them lose sight of what they used to love because they have to do everything else just to get by.”