Camilo García > Camilo's Quotes

“I have not improved in five years. Why? Because I have been cruising along on autopilot.”
― Matthew Syed, Bounce By Matthew Syed, Level Up By Mark Coles, 24 Assets By Daniel Priestley, Key Person of Influence By Daniel Priestley 4 Books Collection Set

“There's never been a true war that wasn't fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right. The really dangerous people believe they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“This isn't about what is . . . it's about what people think is. It's all imaginary anyway. That's why it's important. People only fight over imaginary things.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“We do not always remember the things that do no credit to us. We justify them, cover them in bright lies or with the thick dust of forgetfulness.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“It's like one of those dreams that changes you. You keep some of the dream forever, and you know things down deep inside yourself, because it happened to you, but when you go looking for details they kind of just slip out of your head.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“It wasn’t a foul mood, it was the privilege that age had bought her, to dispense with the lie of politeness.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky

“They’re afraid because we exist, she says. There’s nothing we did to provoke their fear, other than exist. There’s nothing we can do to earn their approval, except stop existing – so we can either die like they want, or laugh at their cowardice and go on with our lives.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky

“But there are none so frightened, or so strange in their fear, as conquerors. They conjure phantoms endlessly, terrified that their victims will someday do back what was done to them—even if, in truth, their victims couldn’t care less about such pettiness and have moved on. Conquerors live in dread of the day when they are shown to be, not superior, but simply lucky.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky

“So where they should have seen a living being, they saw only another thing to exploit. Where they should have asked, or left alone, they raped.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky

“But for a society buit on exploitation, there is no greater threat than having no one left to oppress.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky

“She is such a good child, at her core. Don't be angry with her. She can only make choices within the limited set of her experiences, and it isn't her fault that so many of those experiences have been terrible. Marvel, instead, at how easily she loves, how thoroughly. Love enough to change the world! She learned how to love like this from somewhere.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky

“I understand the magnitude of the secrecy. We live in a small place. The type of place where “different” is an insult. Different is scary. Different is dangerous.”
― Scott Shute, The Full Body Yes: Change Your Work and Your World from the Inside Out

“No estoy celoso, si es eso lo que piensas. No veo por qué tienes que amar a una sola persona, si en tu corazón hay espacio para dos. No me perteneces. Tan solo me pertenece lo que sientes por mí. Pero tú puedes sentir otras cosas... por otras personas. Los sentimientos son libres y no siguen normas de ninguna clase.”
― Laura Gallego García, La resistencia