“Lo que yo deseo, la fuerza que yo busco, no es aquella que te lleva a ganar o a perder. Tampoco quiero una muralla para repeler las fuerzas que lleguen del exterior. Lo que yo deseo es una fuerza que me permita ser capaz de recibir todo cuanto proceda del exterior y resistirlo. Fortaleza para resistir en silencio cosas como la injusticia, el infortunio, la tristeza, los equívocos, las incomprensiones.”
― Kafka en la orilla
― Kafka en la orilla
“Even small actions have consequences. And while we can often choose our actions, we rarely get to choose our consequences.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“¡Y ahí está la ironía! El propio viaje que había emprendido para lograr lo que quería la había transformado en una persona que ya no era capaz de disfrutar de esa victoria”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“It will,” Wit said, “but then it will get better. Then it will get worse again. Then better. This is life, and I will not lie by saying every day will be sunshine. But there will be sunshine again, and that is a very different thing to say. That is truth. I promise you, Kaladin: You will be warm again.”
― Rhythm of War
― Rhythm of War
“Every person is trapped in their own particular bubble of delusion, and it's every person's task in life to break free. Books can help. We can make the past into the present, take you back in time and help you remember. We can show you things, shift your realities and widen your world, but the work of waking up is up to you.”
― The Book of Form and Emptiness
― The Book of Form and Emptiness
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