“Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“Lo que en verdad nos petrifica los
órganos, es lo que conocemos a medias;
lo que tenemos cerca y, a pesar de ello,
somos incapaces de entender.”
― Jawbone
órganos, es lo que conocemos a medias;
lo que tenemos cerca y, a pesar de ello,
somos incapaces de entender.”
― Jawbone
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”
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“Ellos no fueron víctimas de una monstruosidad, sino de una humanidad; una humanidad abyecta que todos padecemos en nuestra carne y mente, con variaciones, claro, pero al final estamos conectados por esa misma naturaleza oscura, caótica, de carácter mítico, y lo paradójico es que ese nexo nos devuelve al mismo lugar de siempre: a la incertidumbre.”
― Nefando
― Nefando
“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
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