«It was one of those unpredictable moments, when a
simple gesture or an unexpected attitude from someone we know, or we think we
know, can suddenly change, in a few seconds, years of pre-defined opinions or
even feelings that we used to experience about that person.»
By Raquel R.
in Short Story number 9
«There is a road from the eye to the heart that does
not go through the intellect.»
«The perplexity of that moment, caught her off guard
and immediately touched a chord inside her, waking her up from the emotional
lethargy she had been in.»
By Raquel R.
in Short Story number 9
«There are moments in life, when the heart is so full
of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops
some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like
water, can never be gathered together.»
«And, by the time she reached the dinner table, she
already knew that something had changed in the way he used to look at her. It
almost seemed as if he was looking at her for the first time.»
By Raquel R. in Short Story number 9
«The power of a glance has been so much abused in love
stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that
two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it
is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.»
«Nevertheless, it has been a long time since he last
engaged in the conscious action of taking charge of his senses and command them
to get rid of all the filters that gradually undermine every attempt to grasp
objectivity, distorting the reality, preventing us from fully apprehend what is
right in front of us, and focus solely on her.»
By Raquel R.
in Short Story number 9
«Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience
what you really are.»
«Therefore, taking the time to pay close attention to
the small details of someone’s actions, generally leads to a better understanding
of the person as a whole, bringing us one step closer to capture their true
essence.»
By Raquel R.
in Short Story number 9
«Perhaps there is a language which is not made of
words and everything in the world understands it. Perhaps there is a soul
hidden in everything and it can always speak, without even making a sound, to
another soul.»
«Throughout the years they have been together he
cultivated the habit of observing her moves and reactions, particularly when
she was not aware of being the focus of his attention. He believed that one’s
true self easily emerges when in complete solitude or at a safe distance from
the possibility of being scrutinized by others.»
By Raquel R.
in Short Story number 9
«There is immeasurably more left inside than what
comes out in words.»
«They were both staring into the void and it was
perceptible that each was lost in their own thoughts, rambling around the
outskirts of their own private world.»
By Raquel R.
in Short Story number 9
«Loneliness does not come
from having no people around one, but from being unable to communicate the
things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which
others find inadmissible.»
«They both executed the movements with pristine
precision, as if they were actors in a play, and everything had to be according
to the script, leaving no margin for improvisation.»
By Raquel R.
in Short Story number 9
«There is always some madness in love. But there is
also always some reason in madness.»
«To any casual observer, they seemed to be two
strangers with no other connection, except the fact, that the laws of physics
determined that they shared the same space and time and accidentally crossed
each other’s path. They were sitting side by side, but apart from sharing the
same table, nothing else revealed the real bond between those two souls.»
By Raquel R.
in Short Story number 9
«She’s sitting right in front of me, but at the same
time she’s a million miles away.»
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