Alain

“This is the strange lesson of living in a pandemic: life can be tranquil in the face of death.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility

“Quizás para compensar ese cuerpo maltrecho y grotesco que me había tocado en suerte, mi cerebro vivía siempre atento, ávido, y aprender se me facilitaba sobremanera, como si desde un comienzo supiera que mi inteligencia iba a ser la única arma de supervivencia en medio de un mundo cruel y amenazante”
― Mario Mendoza, La melancolía de los feos

“My point is, there’s always something. I think, as a species, we have a desire to believe that we’re living at the climax of the story. It’s a kind of narcissism. We want to believe that we’re uniquely important, that we’re living at the end of history, that now, after all these millennia of false alarms, now is finally the worst that it’s ever been, that finally we have reached the end of the world.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility

“Before we met, I was drowned in a deep blue sky,
I thought I would never look forward again,
I believed I would always stay stuck,
Since that first snow, nothing remained the same,
I came to know there was more to life,
I realized I was ever ready to move on,
All I needed was somebody like you,
All I wanted was to trust in your vibe,
In those shimmery eyes, I saw cheesy sunrise,
In those silent moments, I heard the roar of rivers,
In those joyous chattering, I sensed peaceful sunsets,
In those pineapple thoughts, I lived life to the fullest,
In that crazy ocean of love, I left footprints on the water,
Trust me, in that lovely smile, I saw a sky I won't forget.”
― Hareem Ch, Another World