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“The person his dad became when he drank had no connection to the person he was when he was sober. And so it was comforting to think about Dad being a werewolf. That he in fact contained a whole other person in his body. Just as the moon brought out the wolf in a werewolf, so alcohol brought this creature out of his dad.”
― Let the Right One In
― Let the Right One In

“A veces un final doloroso hace que el recuerdo traicione la felicidad pasada. A lo mejor es que la única felicidad verdadera es la que dura siempre.
Porque sólo puede tener un final doloroso lo que ya era doloroso de por sí, aunque no fuéramos conscientes de ello, aunque lo ignorásemos. Pero un dolor inconsciente e ignorado ¿es dolor?”
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Porque sólo puede tener un final doloroso lo que ya era doloroso de por sí, aunque no fuéramos conscientes de ello, aunque lo ignorásemos. Pero un dolor inconsciente e ignorado ¿es dolor?”
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“What is real for us is what we observe and recognize. We create our own experiences by our recognition and imagination, and we modulate the energies with our emotions.”
― Quantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1: Aligning with Universal Consciousness
― Quantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1: Aligning with Universal Consciousness

“It’s harder to kill people. The empathy is so much stronger that the mind must invent new reasons. But, if we can somehow link it to our own survival, the mind will make the devious twists and turns necessary to rationalize it. We’re very good at that. But it changes people. They learn to hate. Your wolf doesn’t need to hate what he kills. It would be easier if we could kill without compunction, like your wolf does, but then, we wouldn’t be human.”
― The Shelters of Stone
― The Shelters of Stone

“It was as if we played chess after denying me both bishops and knights.”
― Death Leaves a Shadow
― Death Leaves a Shadow
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