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“The feeling that she had never really lived in this world caught her by surprise. It was a fact. She had never lived. Even as a child, as far back as she could remember, she had done nothing but endure.”
― Han Kang, The Vegetarian

“Why, is it such a bad thing to die?”
― Han Kang, The Vegetarian

“She's a good woman, he thought. The kind of woman whose goodness is oppressive.”
― Han Kang, The Vegetarian

“The feeling that she had never really lived in this world caught her by surprise. It was a fact. She had never lived. Even as a child, as far back as she could remember, she had done nothing but endure. She had believed in her own inherent goodness, her humanity, and lived accordingly, never causing anyone harm. Her devotion to doing things the right way had been unflagging, all her successes had depended on it, and she would have gone on like that indefinitely. She didn't understand why, but faced with those decaying buildings and straggling grasses, she was nothing but a child who had never lived.”
― Han Kang, The Vegetarian

“We are frightfully concerned with our own deaths, sometimes so much so that we forget the real purpose of our lives”
― Brian L. Weiss, Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives

“Humankind has not learned about balance, let alone practiced it. It is guided by greed and ambition, steered by fear. In this way it will eventually destroy itself. But nature will survive; at least the plants will.”
― Brian L. Weiss, Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives

“She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. She would say: You are either born knowing how, or you never know.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

“He is ugly and sad... but he is all love.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

“El amor consiste en encontrar a alguien con quien compartir tus rarezas.”
― Rosa Montero, La ridícula idea de no volver a verte

“La felicidad es minimalista. Es sencilla y desnuda. Es una casi nada que lo es todo.”
― Rosa Montero, La ridícula idea de no volver a verte

“Cuando el dolor cae sobre ti sin paliativos, lo primero que te arranca es la palabra.”
― Rosa Montero, La ridícula idea de no volver a verte

“A veces las relaciones que se cimentan en el daño son más persistentes que las que se basan en el amor.”
― Rosa Montero, La ridícula idea de no volver a verte

“Ni siquiera la pirámide más monumental es suficiente para defendernos de la muerte.”
― Rosa Montero, La ridícula idea de no volver a verte

“...talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.”
― Patrick Süskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

“He who ruled scent ruled the hearts of men.”
― Patrick Süskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

“He succeeded in being considered totally uninteresting. People left him alone. And that was all he wanted.”
― Patrick Suskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer