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“i want to be
in love with you
the same way
i am in
love with the moon
with the light
shining
out of its soul.”
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in love with you
the same way
i am in
love with the moon
with the light
shining
out of its soul.”
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“There are some who say that you should forgive everyone, even the people who
have disappointed you immeasurably. There are others who say you should not forgive anyone, and should stomp off in a huff no matter how many times they apologize.
Of these two philosophies, the second one is of course much more fun, but it can also grow exhausting to stomp off in a huff every time someone has disappointed you, as everyone disappoints everyone eventually, and one can’t stomp off in a huff every minute of the day.”
― The Penultimate Peril
have disappointed you immeasurably. There are others who say you should not forgive anyone, and should stomp off in a huff no matter how many times they apologize.
Of these two philosophies, the second one is of course much more fun, but it can also grow exhausting to stomp off in a huff every time someone has disappointed you, as everyone disappoints everyone eventually, and one can’t stomp off in a huff every minute of the day.”
― The Penultimate Peril
“Todo comienza cuando algo más ya comenzó. Mi nombre y mi historia no empiezan con mi nacimiento. Una historia no se acaba con la muerte ni con la despedida. Quedan los otros, los de antes, los que siguen, los de ahora.”
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“En esta cafetería veo una fotografía enmarcada. No sé si esa persona está viva o muerta. La incertidumbre de las fotografías enmarcadas. Los marcos son como los nombres: las personas pueden estar vivas o muertas, pero en ese momento están en la fotografía, ese gerundio. Ese nombre que se distiende, ese presente continuo, ese marco, esas letras estáticas que son nuestro nombre. Desconcertantemente inmortal.”
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“Me quedó una cicatriz. Me parece que contar es un modo de verbalizar una cicatriz. Como no todos los golpes ni todas las caídas dejan marcas, ahí están las palabras, listas para combinarse de distintos modos, en cualquier lugar, en cualquier momento, ante cualquier caída, por grave o leve que sea.”
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