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“...I told myself that, after all, life was like that for most of us - the small unpleasantness rather than the great tragedies; the little useless longings rather than the great renunciations and dramatic love affairs of history or fiction.”
― Barbara Pym, Excellent Women

“You don’t knock on the devil’s door, boy, unless you want him to answer. (Ravyn)”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dark Side of the Moon

“Listen, I don't care what you say about my race, creed, or religion, Fatty, but don't tell me I'm not sensitive to beauty. That's my Achilles' heel, and don't you forget it. To me, everything is beautiful. Show me a pink sunset, and I'm limp, by God. Anything. Peter Pan. Even before the curtain goes up at Peter Pan I'm a goddamn puddle of tears.”
― J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

“¡Imagíneselo! Es un mundo del tamaño de un pañuelo, de una uña, con recursos tan escasos, un poder tan pequeño y una población tan microscópica [...] Y, pese a ello, es un pueblo tan altivo y ambicioso que sueña tranquila y metódicamente con el gobierno galáctico. ¡Caramba!, están tan seguros de sí mismos que ni siquiera tienen prisa. Se mueven lenta y flemáticamente, hablan de siglos necesarios. Se tragan mundos a placer y se internan en sistemas con morosa complacencia. Y tienen éxito. Nadie puede detenerles.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire