Dori

“Actions punishable by jail sentences are not the only crimes. If we knew the antonym of crime, I think we would know its true nature. God . . . salvation . . . love . . . light. But for God there is the antonym Satan, for salvation there is perdition, for love there is hate, for light there is darkness, for good, evil. Crime and prayer? Crime and repentance? Crime and confession? Crime and ... no, they’re all synonymous. What is the opposite of crime?”
― Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human

“All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.”
― Niccolo Machiavelli

“Deine Knie seien mein einziger Stuhl. Dein Rücken mein Tisch. Deine Augen meine Fenster. Dein Mund sei das Glas, aus dem ich trinke. Dein Herz meine Nahrung, dein Puls meine Uhr, dein Leben meine Zeit. Dein Atem sei meine Luft. Dein Gesicht mein Mond, wenn du dich bei Nacht über mich beugst, und meine Sonne, wenn du bei Tag für mich lachst. Deine Stimme sei mein einziges Geräusch. Dein Puls meine Uhr, dein Leben meine Zeit. Dein Tod sei meiner.”
― Juli Zeh, Corpus Delicti: Ein Prozess

“Sufre mas el que espera siempre
que aquel que nunca espero a nadie?

Does he who is always waiting suffer more than he who’s never waited for anyone?”
― Pablo Neruda, The Book of Questions