“Suen Le! (it means, "Let it be.”
“Let me be mad, then, by all means! mad with the madness of Absinthe, the wildest, most luxurious madness in the world! Vive la folie! Vive l'amour! Vive l'animalisme! Vive le Diable!”
“[D]etachment means letting go and nonattachment means simply letting be. (95)”
“Maybe that means "letting them get away with it" -- but maybe it also means letting *you* get away *from* it.”
“Cuando algo suena terrible es porque se está diciendo con la intención de que suene terrible. Por eso hay que pensar antes de decir las cosas y nunca dejar de decir lo que se piensa.”
“Closeness means you get hurt; closeness means letting down your defences and letting people see the tender skin under the carapace.”