Violeta

“It never ceases to amaze me how assured you priests are of your place in the scheme of things. What you refuse to see is how recent is your hold here, that the land was inhabited long before you and your kind ever arrived, with your crosses and your prayers. You will never understand how the land remembers, how deep the roots grow, how fast the stream...”
― Maggie O'Farrell, Land

“Mother used to say that however miserable one is, there’s always something to be thankful for. And each morning, when the sky brightened and light began to flood my cell, I agreed with her.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger

“Dicen que eso es la felicidad: nunca sentir que sería mejor estar en otra parte, nunca sentir que sería mejor ser alguien más.”
― Alejandro Zambra, Poeta chileno