“Es una idea maravillosa esa de poder conocer a la misma persona diez o doce veces, encontrarse con ella tantas veces como si no se la conociera, pero sin haber perdido su recuerdo, y compararla con ella misma, no sólo con otras […] y para ello se requieren nuevos encuentros tras largas pausas. Esto supondría, en otras palabras, que uno jamás se acostumbre a una persona.” — Elias Canetti, El Suplicio de las Moscas
“The problem is that religion is just a cop-out. So is community. It’s just out of loneliness, you know, something to hold on to when you can’t do it yourself. It’s for the weak people. Strength in adhering to values? No, it’s not.” — Nick McDonnell, Twelve
“Un mundo en el cual cada cual pueda morir las veces que quiera, pero sólo por un tiempo limitado.” — Elías Canetti, El Suplicio de las Moscas
“It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.” — Chuck Palahniuk
“I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere.” — Isabelle Eberhardt
“I will myself
to will my will
to will itself.”
“
Tú le dices muerte
yo le llamo vida,
algunos le dicen soledad,
dentro de mí es compañía.
”
“No man can see over his own height. Let me explain what I mean.
You cannot see in another man any more than you have in yourself; and your own intelligence strictly determines the extent to which he comes within its grasp. If your intelligence is of a very low order, mental qualities in another, even though they be of the highest kind, will have no effect at all upon you; you will see nothing in their possessor except the meanest side of his individuality — in other words, just those parts of his character and disposition which are weak and defective. Your whole estimate of the man will be confined to his defects, and his higher mental qualities will no more exist for you than colors exist for those who cannot see.
Intellect is invisible to the man who has none. In any attempt to criticise another’s work, the range of knowledge possessed by the critic is as essential a part of his verdict as the claims of the work itself.
Hence intercourse with others involves a process of leveling down. The qualities which are present in one man, and absent in another, cannot come into play when they meet; and the self-sacrifice which this entails upon one of the parties, calls forth no recognition from the other.
Consider how sordid, how stupid, in a word, how vulgar most men are, and you will see that it is impossible to talk to them without becoming vulgar yourself for the time being. Vulgarity is in this respect like electricity; it is easily distributed. You will then fully appreciate the truth and propriety of the expression, to make yourself cheap ; and you will be glad to avoid the society of people whose only possible point of contact with you is just that part of your nature of which you have least reason to be proud. So you will see that, in dealing with fools and blockheads, there is only one way of showing your intelligence — by having nothing to do with them.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
“
They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another’s throats.
Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don’t have any kids yourself.
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“Vivo en otra casa;
a veces nos encontramos.
Siempre duermo sin ti
y siempre estamos juntos.”
— Cees Nooteboom
“Tal vez todos tenemos un tiempo al que llamamos el más feliz de nuestra vida. Seguramente no fue como recordamos, y es probable que entonces fuésemos tan poco felices como en los tiempos que llamamos infelices, pero está claro que preferimos tener la felicidad detrás de nosotros en lugar de tenerla delante: eso lo hace todo más fácil.” — Cees Nooteboom, Philip y los otros
“Naciste ya viejo, no tendrás más experiencias que los recuerdos, no te encontrarás con nadie si no es para despedirte, ni vivirás un solo día sin pensar en la tarde, o en la noche.” — Cees Nooteboom, Philip y los otros