David

“A few times in my life I’ve had moments of absolute clarity. When for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think, and things seem so sharp and the world seems so fresh. It’s as though it had all just come into existence.
I can never make these moments last. I cling to them, but like everything, they fade. I have lived my life on these moments. They pull me back to the present, and I realize that everything is exactly the way it was meant to be.”
― Christopher Isherwood, A Single Man

“The most intelligent people disguise the fact that they are intelligent. Wise men do not wear nametags. The more people talk about their own skills, the more desperate they are—their work should speak for itself.”
― NisiOisiN, Death Note: Another Note - The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases

“Sus alumnos se someten de buena gana a la influencia de cualquier escritor contemporáneo, incluso de los mediocres, pero se muestran totalmente indiferentes a autores clásicos como Shakespeare, Marco Aurelio, Epicteto o Pascal, y esa incapacidad para distinguir lo grande de lo pequeño manifiesta ante todo su desconocimiento ante la vida.”
― Antón P. Chéjov, Una historia aburrida

“Life is brief, young maiden, fall in love; before the crimson bloom fades from your lips, before the tides of passion cool within your hips, for those of you who know no tomorrow. (Gondola no Uta)”
― Kouhei Kadono, Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh Vol 1