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“鈥ow it would be nice if, for every sea waiting for us, there would be a river, for us.
And someone -a father, a lover, someone- able to take us by the hand and find that river -imagine it, invent it- and put us on its stream, with the lightness of one only word, goodbye. This, really, would be wonderful. It would be sweet, life, every life. And things wouldn鈥檛 hurt, but they would get near taken by stream, one could first shave and then touch them and only finally be touched. Be wounded, also. Die because of them. Doesn鈥檛 matter. But everything would be, finally, human. It would be enough someone鈥檚 fancy -a father, a lover, someone- could invent a way, here in the middle of the silence, in this land which don鈥檛 wanna talk. Clement way, and beautiful.
A way from here to the sea.”
― Ocean Sea
And someone -a father, a lover, someone- able to take us by the hand and find that river -imagine it, invent it- and put us on its stream, with the lightness of one only word, goodbye. This, really, would be wonderful. It would be sweet, life, every life. And things wouldn鈥檛 hurt, but they would get near taken by stream, one could first shave and then touch them and only finally be touched. Be wounded, also. Die because of them. Doesn鈥檛 matter. But everything would be, finally, human. It would be enough someone鈥檚 fancy -a father, a lover, someone- could invent a way, here in the middle of the silence, in this land which don鈥檛 wanna talk. Clement way, and beautiful.
A way from here to the sea.”
― Ocean Sea

“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye

“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much鈥攖he wheel, New York, wars and so on鈥攚hilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man鈥攆or precisely the same reasons.”
― The Hitchhiker鈥檚 Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker鈥檚 Guide to the Galaxy

“讛讗讚诪讛 讛讙住讛 讛讝讗转, 砖讛讜专讙诇讛 讘爪讞谞转 注爪诪讜转 砖诇 拽讚讜砖讬诐 讜讘诪讚专讱 专讙诇讬讛诐 砖诇 爪诇讬讬谞讬诐 讜讙讬讬住讜转, 驻注专讛 驻讬讛 讘爪讞讜拽 诇诪专讗讛 讛讞诇讜爪讬诐 砖谞砖拽讜 讗讜转讛 讜砖驻讻讜 注诇讬讛 讗转 诪谞讞转 讚诪注转诐, 砖讘注诇讜 讗讜转讛 讘讛转专讙砖讜转, 谞讜注爪讬诐 讗转 诪注讚专讬讛诐 讛讝注讬专讬诐 讘讙讜驻讛 讛注爪讜诐. 砖拽专讗讜 诇讛 讗诪讗, 讗讞讜转 讜讗砖讛. 讬讞讚 注诐 讛转诇诪讬诐 讛专讗砖讜谞讬诐 讜讛讝专注讬诐 讛专讗砖讜谞讬诐, 讬讞讚 注诐 讘讬注讜专 讛注砖讘 讛砖讜讟讛, 讬讘讜砖 讛讘讬爪讛 讜讘讬专讜讗 讛讬注专, 讝专注谞讜 讙诐 讗转 讛讻讬砖诇讜谉". 讜讻讗谉 谞注砖讛 拽讜诇讜 讞讙讬讙讬 讜讛讜讗 讛讜住讬祝: "讘住讜驻讜 砖诇 讚讘专 讬讘砖谞讜 讗转 讛讘讬爪讜转, 讗讘诇 诪转讞转 诇讛谉 讙讬诇讬谞讜 讘讜抓 讙专讜注 讛专讘讛 讬讜转专. 讛拽砖专 讗诇 讛讗讚诪讛, 讛讛转诪讝讙讜转 注诐 讛讟讘注 鈥 诪讛 讛诐 讗诐 诇讗 讛转讘讛诪讜转 讜砖拽讬注讛. 讛拽诪谞讜 讚讜专 讞讚砖, 诇讗 注讜讚 讬讛讜讚讬诐 转诇讜砖讬诐 讜注诇讜讘讬诐, 讗诇讗 讚讜专 砖诇 讗讻专讬诐, 讛拽砖讜专讬诐 诇讗讚诪转诐. 诪讙讜砖诪讬诐, 讗谞砖讬 专讬讘 诪讚讜谉, 爪专讬 讚注转, 注讘讬 注讜专 讜讙专诐.”
― The Blue Mountain
― The Blue Mountain
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