Ankabi

“A smart person knows how to talk. A wise person knows when to be silent.”
― Roy T. Bennett

“YOU TRIED TO WARN HIM, he said, removing Binky’s nose-bag.

“Yes, sir. Sorry.”

YOU CANNOT INTERFERE WITH FATE. WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE WHO SHOULD LIVE AND WHO SHOULD DIE?

Death watched Mort’s expression carefully.

ONLY THE GODS ARE ALLOWED TO DO THAT, he added. TO TINKER WITH THE FATE OF EVEN ONE INDIVIDUAL COULD DESTROY THE WHOLE WORLD. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

Mort nodded miserably.

“Are you going to send me home?” he said.

Death reached down and swung him up behind the saddle.

BECAUSE YOU SHOWED COMPASSION? NO. I MIGHT HAVE DONE IF YOU HAD SHOWN PLEASURE. BUT YOU MUST LEARN THE COMPASSION PROPER TO YOUR TRADE.

“What’s that?”

A SHARP EDGE.”
― Terry Pratchett, Mort

“Do what you love, love what you do, and with all your heart give yourself to it.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Prima porunca: Sa astepti oricat.

A doua porunca: Sa astepti orice.

A treia porunca: Sa nu-ti amintesti, in schimb, orice. Nu sunt bune decat amintirile care te ajuta sa traiesti in prezent.
A patra porunca: Sa nu numeri zilele.

A cincea porunca: Sa nu uiti ca orice asteptare e provizorie, chiar daca dureaza toata viata.

A sasea porunca: Repeta ca nu exista pustiu. Exista doar incapacitatea noastra de a umple golul in care traim.

A saptea porunca: Nu pune in aceeasi oala si rugaciunea si pe Dumnezeu. Rugaciunea este uneori o forma de a spera a celui ce nu indrazneste sa spere singur.

A opta porunca: Daca gandul asta te ajuta, nu evita sa recunosti ca speri neavand altceva mai bun de facut sau chiar pentru a te feri de urmarile faptului ca nu faci nimic.

A noua porunca: Binecuvanteaza ocazia de a-ti apartine in intregime. Singuratatea e o tarfa care nu te invinuieste ca esti egoist.

A zecea porunca: Aminteste-ti ca paradisul a fost, aproape sigur, intr-o grota.”
― Octavian Paler, Viața pe un peron