“He realized…that the loudest are the least sincere, that arrogance is a quality of the ignorant, and that flatterers tend to be vicious. ”
― Isabel Allende, Zorro

 “Do you truly believe that life is fair, Senor de la Vega?
-No, maestro, but I plan to do everything in my power to make it so.”

“They could not understand the advantage of living contrary to their inclinations in this world in order to enjoy a hypothetical well-being in another.”

“He was not oppressed by a crowd because in the midst of all the hullabaloo he always found a quiet place for his soul.”

“Heroism is a badly remunerated occupation, and often it leads to an early end, which is why it appeals to fanatics or persons with an unhealthy fascination with death.”

“Nations should be governed by a council of learned men who must answer to the people for their actions.”

“The concept that you could possess land was as unfathomable to them as that of dividing up the sea.”

“A infância é uma época desgraçada, cheia de temores infundados, como o medo de monstros imaginários e do ridículo. Do ponto de vista literário, não tem suspence, já que, salvo excepções, as crianças costumam ser um pouco desenxabidas. Além disso, não têm poder- os adultos decidem por elas e fazem-no mal, inculcam-lhes as suas próprias ideias erróneas sobre a realidade e depois os miúdos passam o resto das suas vidas a tentar livrarem-se delas.”

“Love is a condition that tends to cloud men’s reason, but it is not fatal. Usually all the patient needs is to have his love returned, and he will snap out of it and begin to sniff the air in search of new prey.”

“Não há nada tão insatisfatório como um fim com pontas soltas, essa tendência moderna de deixar os livros a meio.”

“The Indians’ insistence on clinging to their customs had to be the work of Satan there was no other explanation which is why the friars went out to hunt down and lasso the deserters and then whipped their doctrine of love and forgiveness into them.”