Dark and light are simply the perpetrator’s perception. How can that be right?
“Bondi Colectivo, transporte público “Estoy esperando el bondi” Pibe Hombre joven, muchacho “¿Cómo se llama ese pibe?” Chamuyo Mentira “No te creo. Eso es chamuyo” Laburar Trabajar “Hoy no puedo ir. Tengo que laburar”
― Spanish Novels: Un Yankee en Buenos Aires
― Spanish Novels: Un Yankee en Buenos Aires
“Eventually, they forced her and his two kids—his two kids, mind you, from his first wife who had died—out of the house.”
― A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
― A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
“Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (...) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“So you want a knife, a nice sharp knife. You hone that blade to its limits. It even cuts through stone when you want it to. It saves your life. And then you’re outraged when it cuts you accidentally. You see, knives don’t switch off. And neither do people, not when you hone them to a fine edge.”
― Triple Zero
― Triple Zero
“And I did what I had to do to get to me as well. I don’t regret it. That’s the difference between us. I know what I am, and I embrace it. I’m proud of it. I fought for everything that I have, every bit of what I am. Now that you see what you are, you despise it. You’re ashamed. And look where that’s gotten you.”
― Phasma
― Phasma
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