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“Solo disfruto ahora con la televisión. Me paso la mayor parte del día viendo los concursos, las películas antiguas, los culebrones e, incluso, los programas infantiles y los dibujos animados. Y no soy capaz de apagarla. Tarde, por la noche, hay películas antiguas, de miedo, la función de noche y la función de madrugada y luego la breve homilía antes de que se acabe la emisión con la imagen de la bandera de los Estados Unidos ondeando al fondo y finalmente la pantalla de prueba de imagen me contempla a través de su pequeña ventana cuadrada con su ojo siempre abierto...
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Y cuando se ha acabado todo, me doy asco porque apenas me queda tiempo para leer, escribir y pensar, y porque sé que no debería drogarme con esa porquería que está dirigida al niño que hay en mí. Sobre todo porque el niño que hay en mí está reclamando mi mente”
― Flowers for Algernon
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Y cuando se ha acabado todo, me doy asco porque apenas me queda tiempo para leer, escribir y pensar, y porque sé que no debería drogarme con esa porquería que está dirigida al niño que hay en mí. Sobre todo porque el niño que hay en mí está reclamando mi mente”
― Flowers for Algernon
“At that point, Noriko finally breaks down and begins to cry sobbing into her hands as the floodgates open - this young woman who has suffered in silence for so long, this good woman who refuse to believe she's good, for only the good doubt their own goodness, which is what makes them good in the first place. The bad know they are good, but the good know nothing. They spend their lives forgiving others, but they can't forgive themselves.”
― Man in the Dark
― Man in the Dark
“Do you think we're making a mistake?" snapped the Bishop.
"Not at all," said Dom Cristao. "I think we've taken a step toward something truly magnificent. But humankind almost never forgives true greatness."
"Fortunately," said the Bishop, "humankind isn't the judge that matters. And now I intend to pray for this boy, since medical science has obviously reached the boundary of its competence.”
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"Not at all," said Dom Cristao. "I think we've taken a step toward something truly magnificent. But humankind almost never forgives true greatness."
"Fortunately," said the Bishop, "humankind isn't the judge that matters. And now I intend to pray for this boy, since medical science has obviously reached the boundary of its competence.”
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“I think I’m greedy, but I’m not greedy for money - I think that can be a burden - I’m greedy for an exciting life.”
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