“I would like to believe in the myth that we grow wiser with age. In a sense my disbelief is wisdom. Those of a middle generation, if charitable or sentimental, subscribe to the wisdom myth, while the callous see us as dispensable objects, like broken furniture or dead flowers. For the young we scarcely exist unless we are unavoidable members of the same family, farting, slobbering, perpetually mislaying teeth and bifocals.”
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“Evolucionar significa, simplemente, cambiar de equivocación.”
“Any charitable act is love in motion, and love needs no publicity because love just is.”
“A man does not belong to the place he was born in, but to the place he chooses to die.”
“If you buy things you don't need, soon you will have to sell things you need.”
“Get rid of anything that isn't useful. Clutter weighs you down in many ways.”
“It's never too late to be happy. But it's all up to you and no one else.”