Daniela

“As he caught his footing, his head fell back, and the Milky Way flowed down inside him with a roar.”
― Yasunari Kawabata, Snow Country

“Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our actions. The things in our control are by nature free, unrestrained, unhindered; but those not in our control are weak, slavish, restrained, belonging to others. Remember, then, that if you suppose that things which are slavish by nature are also free, and that what belongs to others is your own, then you will be hindered. You will lament, you will be disturbed, and you will find fault both with gods and men. But if you suppose that only to be your own which is your own, and what belongs to others such as it really is, then no one will ever compel you or restrain you. Further, you will find fault with no one or accuse no one. You will do nothing against your will. No one will hurt you, you will have no enemies, and you not be harmed.”
― Epictetus, Enchiridion and Selections from the Discourses

“Necesitamos una solidaridad universal nueva.”
― Pope Francis, Laudato si', Alabado seas

“Ya me va bien —me dije,
haciéndole mimos a Hamid—, al final, lo que
cuenta son estas muchachas tan competentes que no
se han encontrado ni una de las dificultades con las
que yo he tenido que vérmelas. Tienen unos
modales, unas voces, unas exigencias, unas
pretensiones, una conciencia de sí mismas que yo
ni siquiera hoy me atrevo a permitirme. Otros,
otras no tienen esa suerte. En los países con cierto
bienestar ha predominado una medianía que oculta
los horrores del resto del mundo. Cuando de esos
horrores se desprende una violencia que llega
hasta el interior de nuestras ciudades y nuestras
costumbres nos sobresaltamos, nos alarmamos”
― Elena Ferrante