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“Genau das war es gewesen, was die Menschen von einst gefürchtet hatten: Die Skrupellosigkeit einzelner Auserwählter und ihrer Prophezeiungen, die ganze Landstriche vernichtet und viele Menschen getötet hatten, auf dem Weg zu ihrem Ziel. Iani war ein Relikt aus alten Zeiten, seine Ansichten die der Magischen von einst. Zacharias hatte ihn nicht nach seinem Alter gefragt, aber er vermutete, dass er bereits am Ende des Zeitalters der Magischen viele Jahrhunderte gelebt hatte. Der Gelehrte hatte das neue Zeitalter genutzt, um die Menschen zu studieren, ihre Regeln kennenzulernen, aber er hatte sich nie mehr angepasst als unbedingt nötig. Als Iani, der Beharrliche, hatte er sich vorgestellt. Aber das war im Grunde nichts anderes als Iani, der Dickschädel.”

“This life? It is yours. Anyone who suggests that it is not or that it should not be is not here for you. You get to decide how you want to live it, what you want to call it, how and when and why you want to change it. No matter how many times you shift, no matter how often you adjust, no matter the experimentation or the wild exploration, no matter how many times you've been lost or how many times you've been found or any of the missteps you took along the way. Be willing to reinvent yourself fiercely, relentlessly, endlessly in the face of their anger, in response to their fear, in righteous rebellion. A holy(r)evolution. Take to the streets if you wish. Paint the protest sign with your own name. You are not required to stay who you were, or who you are, or even who you will be. You were made for metamorphosis. Designed for course correction. Built for shifting trajectories and smashing paradigms. You are here to become. And nobody can write the terms of your contract but you.”

“—Todo el mundo dice “Si te ama, te va a aceptar como eres”, y eso es justo lo que más me aterra, porque… ¿Y si no lo hace? —Las manos me tiemblan debajo de la mesa. Aprieto los puños, tratando de sostenerme, de no desmoronarme—. Esto no es una diferencia política o de religión. Es quién soy. Y si no me acepta, ¿qué quiere decir eso? ¿Que su amor no es tan fuerte? ¿O que era de mentiras? ¿Qué hago si eso sucede?”

“It is never too late. It is never too late to dream big. It is never too late to study. It is never too late to read. It is never too late to begin. It is never too late to marry. It is never too late to conceive. It is never too late to repent. It is never too late to drive. It is never too late to travel. It is never too late to forgive, It is never too late to exercise. It is never too late to write. It is never too late to ask for what you wish for. It is never too late to try again. It is never too late to change. It is never too late to work.”