

“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.”
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“Si quieres saber quién eres, camina hasta que no haya nadie que sepa tu nombre. Viajar nos pone en nuestro sitio, nos enseña más que ningún maestro, es amargo como una medicina, cruel como un espejo. Un largo tramo de camino te enseñará más sobre tí mismo que cien años de silenciosa introspección.”
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“I knew my affection for the Philippines was equally as telling: a democracy on paper, apparently well ordered, regularly subverted by irrational chaos. A place where I'd felt instantly at home.”
― The Beach
― The Beach

“Tell your secret to the wind, but don’t blame it for telling the trees.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns

“Pero es bueno hablar de flores en otoño. Nos da la esperanza de la primavera.”
― Adultery
― Adultery

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