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Nikolay Genchev
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“i prefer to die on my feet,than live on my knees”
― 300
― 300
“Power rests on the kind of knowledge one holds. What is the sense of knowing things that are useless?”
― The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
― The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
“Не бе я виждал отдавна, от дълги месеци, струваше му се понякога, че я забравя, че бе потиснал и надвил слабостта си към нея, сладостното учудване и възхищение от хубостта й; че бе пречупил замайващата сила, която се излъчваше от нея и държеше като с ръка сърцето му, топла и нежна ръка, но непреодолимо силна.Той бе се лъгал.Едва бе успял да покрие, да потисне всичко това под някаква тънка, крехка покривка, чуплива като тъничък ледец през тревожните предпролетни нощи, който се стопява още под първите слънчеви лъчи, както сега под нейния открит,бистър поглед.”
― Железният светилник
― Железният светилник
“Let us be, then, warriors of the heart, and enlist in our inner cause the virtues we have acquired through blood and sweat in the sphere of conflict—courage, patience, selflessness, loyalty, fidelity, self-command, respect for elders, love of our comrades (and of the enemy), perseverance, cheerfulness in adversity and a sense of humor, however terse or dark.”
― The Warrior Ethos
― The Warrior Ethos
“You once told me that the human eye is god's loneliest creation. How so much of the world passes through the pupil and still it holds nothing. The eye, alone in its socket, doesn't even know there's another one, just like it, an inch away, just as hungry, as empty.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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