Juan Carlos Onetti

"The only thing we have is time, and we waste it as if we had eternity."

"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life."

"We are all a little mad, and that's what makes us human."

"Every man is an island, but some are connected by bridges."

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

"Love is the only excuse for our existence."

"Life is a series of disappointments punctuated by momentary joys."

"To live is to dream, but most of us are sleeping."

"The truth is often more absurd than fiction."

"We create meaning through our actions, not our words."

"Happiness is a momentary escape from reality."

"Art is the expression of what we cannot say."

"Fear is the greatest teacher of wisdom."

"Time devours all things, but memory preserves them."

"The world is a stage, but most of us are poor actors."

"Love without hope is merely desperation."

"Success is the art of knowing what to abandon."

"Every person carries within them an untold story."

"Death is the only certainty we can count on."

"Wisdom comes from accepting what we cannot change."

"The best friendships are born from shared silence."

"Change is the only constant in this world."

"Hope is a luxury for those who have nothing to lose."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."

"Knowledge is the burden of understanding."

"Peace comes from acceptance, not from peace itself."

"Beauty fades, but the memory of it endures."

"Work is the price of our survival and dignity."

"Freedom is the hardest responsibility we bear."

"Nature teaches us patience without saying a word."