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A man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point where he does not discern any truth either in himself or anywhere around him, and thus falls into disrespect towards himself and others. Not respecting anyone, he ceases
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“There’s a dark well in everyone, I think, and it never goes dry. But you drink from it at your peril. That water is poison.”
― Fairy Tale
― Fairy Tale
“Sometimes forgetting is the gift that we give ourselves,”
― Penpal
― Penpal
“Sometimes I fantasize I will discover the book that describes the location of the volume I have been searching for.”
― A Short Stay in Hell
― A Short Stay in Hell
“My memories don’t feel as though they’ve been pulled up by the root. Even if they fade, something remains. Like tiny seeds that might germinate again if the rain falls. And even if a memory disappears completely, the heart retains something. A slight tremor or pain, some bit of joy, a tear.”
― The Memory Police
― The Memory Police
“The strength I’m looking for isn’t the kind where you win or lose. I’m not after a wall that’ll repel power coming from outside. What I want is the kind of strength to be able to absorb that outside power, to stand up to it. The strength to quietly endure things—unfairness, misfortune, sadness, mistakes, misunderstandings.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
Sergio’s 2025 Year in Books
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