Ray

“Mercy is in the province of the person alone. There is mass hatred and mass grief. Mass vengeance and even mass suicide. But there is no mass forgiveness. There is only you.”
― Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger

“Grief is the stuff of life. A life without grief is no life at all. But regret is a prison. Some part of you which you deeply value lies forever impaled at a crossroads you can no longer find and never forget.”
― Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger

“Acum nu este Acum, ci Mereu. (...) Trecutul nu mai este un secret, prezentul este prea subțire, căci se uzează zi de zi, iar viitorul înseamnă îmbătrânire...”
― Max Frisch, Max Frisch erzählt: Mein Name sei Gantenbein Montauk Der Mensch erscheint im Holozän Band 2

“To live is to betray your God. Every act in life, every act that affirms us as living beings, requires that the commandments of your God be broken.”
― Carlos Fuentes, The Death of Artemio Cruz