Chafarín

“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

“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

“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

“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