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“Aquello está sobre las brasas de la tierra, en la mera boca del infierno. Con decirte que allí mueren, al llegar al infierno regresan por su cobija.”
― Juan Rulfo, Pedro Paramo (in Spanish)

“Having lived this long, I feel like there are four things in life you can't be too persistent about figuring out: the idea of eternity, right or wrong, good and evil, and life and death...

First, persistence can be a virtue, but if you're inflexible and insist that something must last forever, you'll fear loss even while you hold that thing in your hands. You won't be able to see your path clearly. Second, of course you should have a sense of justice, but if you're consumed by the idea that something must be right or wrong, it's easy to develop tunnel vision. There aren't many absolute rights or absolute wrongs in this world.

Third, while it's important to repent of your mistakes and strive for goodness, being locked into a dichotomy of good and evil will make you rigid and unforgiving. You'll become arrogant and expect the world to conform to your perspective, and you'll always be disappointed. And finally, while life and death are tremendously important, if you live your entire life in terror of death, you'll never really live at all.”
― Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 2

“His own expressions and mannerisms were akin to a sad, worried little wife who had accidentally set the kitchen on fire.”
― Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 1

“Ants, which perished almost as soon as they were born, were permitted to pair off under the sunlight and rain; birds, which lived out in the open, were allowed to find safe harbor surrounded by branches. Among all things that existed between the earth and sky, he had been born peerless and lonely, but there wasn't even the tiniest fragment of space meant for him. Everyone feared him, offered him deference, plotted against him, or even schemed incessantly to bring about his death.

Having been born from brutality, mercilessness, and Chaos itself, it was inevitable that he was sometimes unable to rein in the violence within his heart.”
― Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 2