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“Hell is hell because, there, evil passes unremarked upon.”
“The soul is a verb. . . . Not a noun.”
“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love.”
“How gleefully life shreds our well crafted plans.”
“Orito banishes all thoughts of Jacob de Zoet, and recalls Jacob de Zoet.”
“But thought has no eyelids to close or ears to block...”
“Nada mas caro, que objeto que no tiene precio.”
“Primero, (...) convencelos de que eres feliz aqui, (...) porque solo así dejarán de vigilarte.”
“Se paga a un ejercito durante mil días, para usarlo solo uno.”
“Mi verdadero nombre no se lo digo a nadie, para que nadie pueda robarmelo.”
“los cobardes, como los cuervos: se alimentan de los valientes muertos.”
“Para ganar, es preciso purificarse del deseo de ganar.”
“Hasta las cartas, dependen de la ecuanimidad de terceros.”