Nearly all the veteran shipmasters, graduates of the old school, so many of whom I well knew, have furled their sails and dropped anchor, let us hope, in a safe, restful harbor, life’s troubled voyage ended.
“Nos batimos sin necesidad de creernos invencibles, prescindiendo del miedo. Colisionamos como dos trenes a gran velocidad mientras todo se vuelve silencioso alrededor cuando en realidad hay tantos ruidos, gritos, vibraciones, una bendita estampida, la danza de la guerra que parece acordada, ensayada por un puñado de hombres sin más experiencia que la sangre, con las almas hechas pedazos, un paso más y otro, no hay bala que me derribe, ni bayoneta que se clave dentro de mí, no hay hombre visible que venga en mi dirección, que persista hasta darme muerte, dañarme como el niño que arranca las alas de la mariposa por placer y que, al descubrir el lado oscuro que habita en su interior, no puede más que insistir, convencerse de que ser cruel es de lo más sencillo y natural entre los seres hijos de Dios.”
― Cuando los montes caminen
― Cuando los montes caminen
“The meaning isn’t important. What matters is the story hidden deep in the words. You’re at the point now where you’re trying to extract that story. Your soul is trying to bring back the things it lost in the disappearances.”
― The Memory Police
― The Memory Police
“I opened the card. It read: SO YOU CAN FIND YOUR WAY BACK TO ME. I opened the box. It was a lensatic compass. You said, “Read the back.” I turned it over. It was engraved. MY TRUE NORTH. You hung it around my neck and whispered, “Without you, I’d be lost.”
― The Mountain Between Us
― The Mountain Between Us
“The memory of that time has remained fresh, however, and it isn’t hard for me to write about it. I shall never forget the fragrance of summer, the rainstorms and the evenings glittering with stars.”
― The Wall
― The Wall
“I stood and pulled her up on two feet. “That depends.” “On what?” “Whether you’re looking at this through my eyes or yours.”
― The Mountain Between Us
― The Mountain Between Us
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