Edith

“Guerra o indiferencia, no se sabe cuál de las dos es más fácil de lidiar.”
― Laura Restrepo, Delirio

“Man is originally characterized by his "search for meaning" rather than his "search for himself." The more he forgets himself—giving himself to a cause or another person—the more human he is. And the more he is immersed and absorbed in something or someone other than himself the more he really becomes himself.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning

“Nobody sane wants to disappoint himself intentionally.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“The tragedy of life is linked inescapably with its splendor; you could tear civilization down and rebuild it from scratch, and the same dualities would rise again. Yet to fully inhabit these dualities—the dark as well as the light—is, paradoxically, the only way to transcend them. And transcending them is the ultimate point. The bittersweet is about the desire for communion, the wish to go home.”
― Susan Cain, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole