Quotes by Cuban Authors - Page 3

I don't understand the whole thrilling verse, but I love the way poetry turns ordinary words into winged things that rise up and soar!
Margarita Engle
Poetry is dancing with words.
Ana Monnar
If we knew how to find the lost, we would know how to rediscover the parts of our mindsleft behindin battle.
Margarita Engle
The fact that Iam writing to youin Englishalready falsifies what Iwanted to tell you.My subject:how to explain to youthat I don't belong to Englishthough I belong nowhere else,if not herein English.
Gustavo Perez Firmat
Cuando vayamos al maryo te diré mi secreto:Me envuelve, pero no es ola...Me amarga..., pero no es sal...
Dulce María Loynaz
A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.
José Martí
Nobody is ready for death. If you ask Joe Blow on the street, he aint gonna tell you he thinks he'll live forever. But when the end is near you'll realize you've been believing that all along. It's like getting caught with your pants down. That's why you gotta live, little one. Yeah stop and smell them roses.
Cristina García
Good thing I'm aging, otherwise I'd be dead.
Ana Monnar
The first kiss can be as terrifying as the last.
Daína Chaviano
Don't ever lose hope because better days will come.
Ana Monnar
Will you love me enough?
Ana Monnar
Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.
José Martí
We have all grown wiser.
Ana Monnar
At times anger will trigger harsh words. After a cooling period wisdom sets in; finally, the ability to speak from the heart with love and compassion.
Ana Monnar
I love God, Jesus Christ, my three children, mother, father, brother, sisters, family in general, my pets, my students, and true friends.
Ana Monnar
A certain wise man once said that God didn't play dice with the universe, but that man was wrong. Sometimes I think He must even try Russian roulette.
Daína Chaviano
I see the glass half full and thank God for what I have.
Ana Monnar
....Kebenaran tidak perlu di iklankan...
Fidel Castro
I'd rather hear an ugly truth, rather than an obscure lie.
Ana Monnar
But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to build up over whole centuries the indignation of a pious spirit, with its natural following of oppressed souls, will cast down with a single shove.
José Martí
A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel.
José Martí
The first duty of a man is to think for himself
José Martí
Whatever is going to happen will happen, whether we worry or not.
Ana Monnar