“Bring to me, it said, continual proof / you've been alive.”
“Traditions brings continuity to one’s existence, but this sort of continuity is precisely what has been increasingly lostthroughout modernity.”
“The fact that the poor are alive is clear proof of their ability.”
“Scars are stamps, they are proof of life; they prove that you've been through fire and yet survived! To have a scar means that you can overcome; almost everything!”
“You might have been paid back enough to suit you" I said, "but I don't know if you've been paid back enough to suit me.”
“Quim," she said, "don't ever try to teach me about good and evil. I've been there, and you've seen nothing but a map.”