From The Book of Disquiet, Fernando Pessoa

Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.

From Desolation Row, Bob Dylan

When you asked me how I was doing, was that some kind of joke?

From Philosophical Dictionary, Voltaire

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

From Andualsian Songs, Fedirico Garcia Lorca

La mar no tiene naranjas,
ni Sevilla tiene amor.