Chafarín

“Todos los animales, y el hombre no es más que uno de ellos, se encuentran en un estado permanente de lucha; el alimento tuyo, tu mujer, tu gloria, tú se lo disputas a los demás; ellos te lo disputan a ti. Ya que nuestra ley es la lucha, aceptémosla, pero no con tristeza, con alegría. La acción es todo, la vida, el placer. Convertir la vida estática en vida dinámica; éste es el problema. La lucha siempre, hasta el último momento, ¿por qué? Por cualquier cosa.”
― Pío Baroja, Aurora roja

“The wretch, concentred all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust, from whence he sprung,
Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.”
― Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel

“I'm slowly becoming a repository for decomposing sorrows, regrets, ignored injustice, and forgotten promises. I can still feel its stench. But when I get accustomed to it, I will call it experience.”
― Meša Selimović, The Fortress

“Marry, and you will regret it; don’t marry, you will also regret it; marry or don’t marry, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the world’s foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will regret that too; laugh at the world’s foolishness or weep over it, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it; believe her not, you will also regret it… Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will regret that too; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you’ll regret it either way; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the essence of all philosophy.”
― Søren Kierkegaard