Gianmarco

“So the greatest gods explained to the first men and women what 'looking' was and taught them to look. That's how men and women learned that you can look at others, know that they exist, they are there, they are other, and, in that way, not bump into them, hurt, step over, or trip them.

They also learned that they could look inside another and see what their hearts are feeling, since the heart doesn't always speak with words that come from the lips. Many times, the heart speaks with the sink, with a look, or by walking.

They also learned to look at those who see only themselves, who see only themselves in others' look.

And they learned to look at those others who look at them looking.

The first men and women learned every type of gaze there was, and the most important one they learned is the gaze that looks at itself and is aware of itself and knows itself, that sees itself both looking and looking inward, that sees paths and futures yet to be born, paths not yet walked, and dawns yet to break.”
― Subcomandante Marcos, Zapatista Stories for Dreaming An-Other World

“Long days and pleasant nights, stranger.” “And may you have twice the number.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger

“Situational awareness.”
― William Gibson, Agency

“He who is brave and patient enough to peer into the darkness his whole life will be first to see a flicker of light in it.”
― Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033