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Our memory tells us that yesterday really existed, but how can we be sure that all of these memories did not simply appear with the first light of dawn?’
“En todas las familias hay una letra chica que todos pueden leer y simular a la vez que no existe”
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“We thought we were being mature when we were only being safe. We imagined we were being responsible but were only being cowardly. What we called realism turned out to be a way of avoiding things rather than facing them.”
― The Sense of an Ending
― The Sense of an Ending
“Todas las cosas se descubren después. La soledad, por ejemplo. No cuando creemos que estamos solos ni cuando nos sentimos abandonados. Eso es otra cosa. La soledad es invisible, se atraviesa sin saberlo, sin darnos cuenta. Al menos esta de la que hablo. Es una especie de conjunto vacío que se instala en el cuerpo, en el habla, y nos vuelve ininteligibles. Aparece inesperadamente al mirar hacia atrás, instalada en un momento en el que no habíamos reparado.”
― Conjunto vacío
― Conjunto vacío
“el infierno de los vivos no es algo que será; hay uno, es aquél que existe ya aquí, el infierno que habitamos todos los días, que formamos estando juntos. Dos maneras hay de no sufrirlo. La primera es fácil para muchos: aceptar el infierno y volverse parte de él hasta el punto de no verlo más. La segunda es peligrosa y exige atención y aprendizaje continuos: buscar y saber reconocer quién y qué, en medio del infierno, no es infierno, y hacerlo durar, y darle espacio.”
― Invisible Cities
― Invisible Cities
“What is history? Any thoughts, Webster?'
'History is the lies of the victors,' I replied, a little too quickly.
'Yes, I was rather afraid you'd say that. Well, as long as you remember that it is also the self-delusions of the defeated. ...
'Finn?'
'"History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation." (quoting Patrick Lagrange)”
― The Sense of an Ending
'History is the lies of the victors,' I replied, a little too quickly.
'Yes, I was rather afraid you'd say that. Well, as long as you remember that it is also the self-delusions of the defeated. ...
'Finn?'
'"History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation." (quoting Patrick Lagrange)”
― The Sense of an Ending
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