Quotes about Spanish

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She turns to us, acts surprised to see us, then does the bit with the back of the hand to the forehead. "You're lost!" " — Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
In trench warfare five things are important: firewood, food, tobacco, candles, and the enemy. In winter on the Zaragoza — George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
She could just pack up and leave, but she does not visualize what's beyond ahead. — Núria Añó
There's no better makeup than confidence — Shakira Ripoll
And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the midst an — Elizabeth I
That was my story. Or at least the way I remember it. What happened to those characters and the places that had to do wi — María Dueñas, The Time in Between
We speak in Spanish when we make love. English seems an impossible language for intimacy. — Cristina García, Dreaming in Cuban
Freedom, or individual liberty, was a basic premise of the Spanish anarchist tradition. "Individual sovereignty" is a pr — Martha A. Ackelsberg, Free Women of Spain: Anarchism and the Struggle for the Emancipation of Women
Carmelia Montiel, a twenty-year-old virgin, had just bathed in orange-blossom water and was strewing rosemary leaves on — Gabriel García Márquez
Espere" in Spanish, is the one word covering two meanings: "waiting" and "hoping". If life, however, offers no expectati — Erik Pevernagie
My friend Oscar is one of those princes without kingdom who wander around hoping you'll kiss them so they won't turn int — -Marina Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Edilio lay on the steps of town hall feeling as weak as a kitten. He had barely heard Caine’s big speech. He couldn’t ha — Michael Grant, Plague
Mocho was a Spanish word that meant maimed or referred to something that had been lopped off like a stump. To call Homer — Gwen Cooper, Homer's Odyssey
English was such a dense, tight language. So many hard letters, like miniature walls. Not open with vowels the way Spani — Cristina Henriquez, The Book of Unknown Americans
Pot itself has nothing to do with pots and pans, but comes from the Mexican-Spanish word potiguaya, which means marijuan — Mark Forsyth, The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
Spanish—how shall I say this?—is likePortuguese spoken with a speech impediment. — Sol Luckman, Snooze: A Story of Awakening
Having confronted the world with little except a battered typewriter and a certain resilience, he can now take posthumou — Christopher Hitchens
Spanish rain,A maiden’s dress,Apothecary pillsAnd ancient thrills;Melancholy killsA girl’s caress. — Roman Payne
Spanish rain,A maiden’s dress,Apothecary pillsAnd ancient thrills;Melancholy killsA girl’s caress.(—Roman Payne; Valenci — Roman Payne
After all, the girl actually had faith in something, which was more than most people had in these dark times. It was wro — Chris Womersley, Bereft