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“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn't know if she would ever find out where it was or become part of it.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers
but to be fearless in facing them.

Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain
but for the heart to conquer it.

Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield
but to my own strength.

Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved
but hope for the patience to win my freedom.

Grant that I may not be a coward,
feeling your mercy in my success alone;

But let me find the grasp of your hand in my failure.”
― Rabindranath Tagore

“The wind speaks not more sweetly to the giant Oaks than to the least of all blades of grass, And he alone is great who turns the voice of the wind into a song made sweeter by his own loving”
― Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

“No es solamente necesidad de ternura sino también necesidad de ser tierno
para el otro: nos encerramos en una bondad mutua, nos materializamos
mutuamente; volvemos a la raíz de toda relación, allí donde necesidad y deseo se
juntan. El gesto tierno dice: pídeme lo que sea que pueda aplacar tu cuerpo, pero
tampoco olvides que te deseo un poco, ligeramente, sin querer tomar nada
enseguida.”
― Barthes Roland