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“wear flannel next to your skin, and never believe in eternal punishment.”
― Arthur & George
― Arthur & George
“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
― On the Road
― On the Road
“Art is the Mirror of our betrayed ideals.”
― The Golden Notebook
― The Golden Notebook
“If you know that I am an unbeliever, then you know me better than I do myself. I may be an unbeliever, but I am an unbeliever who has a nostalgia for a belief.”
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“Siempre me han avergonzado las palabras 'sagrado', 'glorioso' y 'sacrificio', y la expresión 'en vano'. Las habíamos oído, a veces bajo la lluvia, casi inaudibles, de modo que solo entendíamos esas palabras pronunciadas a gritos, y las habíamos leído en las proclamas de los carteles, pegados sobre otras proclamas; hacía mucho tiempo que no veía nada sagrado, las cosas que antes eran gloriosas ahora carecían de gloria y los sacrificios eran como los de los mataderos de Chicago, aunque la carne solo servía para enterrarla. Había muchas palabras que no soportaba oír y al final solo los nombres de los sitios conservaban su dignidad. Las palabras abstractas como la gloria, el honor, el valor o lo sacrosanto resultaban obscenas al lado de los nombres concretos de los pueblos.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
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