Márien De Moya

“We could start, perhaps, with the seemingly simple question, What is History? Any thoughts, Webster?”
“History is the lies of the victors,” I replied, a little too quickly.
“Yes, I was rather afraid you’d say that. Well, as long as you remember that it is also the self-delusions of the defeated. Simpson?”
Colin was more prepared than me. “History is a raw onion sandwich, sir.”
“For what reason?”
“It just repeats, sir. It burps. We’ve seen it again and again this year. Same old story, same old oscillation between tyranny and rebellion, war and peace, prosperity and impoverishment.”
“Rather a lot for a sandwich to contain, wouldn’t you say?”
― Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending

“The future of intelligence must be about search, while the future of ignorance must be about the inability to evaluate information.”
― Patricia Lockwood, No One Is Talking About This

“To me, that’s like being asked, Why do you live? Do you live for any purpose? Let’s be honest, we just live because we’re alive.”
― Won-pyung Sohn, Almond

“...and like all truths it was almost impossible to look upon.”
― Patricia Lockwood, No One Is Talking About This