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“From an early age I set myself above the monstrous fantasies of religion, being perfectly convinced that the existence of the creator is a revolting absurdity in which not even children believe any more; there is no need for me to restrain my tastes in order to please Him, it is from Nature that I received these tastes, and I should offend her by resisting them – if they are wicked, it is because they serve her purposes. In her hands I am nothing but a machine for her to operate as she wishes, and there is not a single one of my crimes that fails to serve her; the greater her need, the more she spurs me on – I should be a fool to resist her. Only the law stands in my way, but I defy it – my gold and my influence place me beyond the reach of those crude scales meant only for the common people.”
― The 120 Days of Sodom
― The 120 Days of Sodom
“Mi papá, a veces, se encerraba en la biblioteca y ponía a todo volumen una sinfonía de Beethoven, o alguna pieza de Mahler (sus dolorosas canciones para niños muertos), y por debajo de los acordes de la orquesta que sonaba con tutti, yo oía sus sollozos, sus gritos de desesperación, y maldecía el cielo, y se maldecía a sí mismo, por bruto, por inútil por no haberle sacado a tiempo todos los lunares del cuerpo, por dejarla broncear en Cartagena, por no haber estudiado más medicina, por lo que fuera, detrás de la puerta cerrada con seguro, descargaba toda su impotencia y todo su dolor, sin poder aguantar lo que veía, la niña de sus ojos se le iba esfumando entre sus manos mismas de médico, sin poder hacer nada por evitarlo, sólo intentando con mil chuzones de morfina aliviar al menos su conciencia de la muerte, de la decadencia definitiva del cuerpo, y del dolor”
― El olvido que seremos
― El olvido que seremos
“The intellectual ... must try never to forget the arguments of the adversary, or the uncertainty of the future, or the faults of one’s own side, or the underlying fraternity of ordinary men everywhere.”
― The Opium of the Intellectuals
― The Opium of the Intellectuals
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