"And yet, and yet… Denying temporal suc"

“And yet, and yet… Denying temporal succession, denying the self, denying the astronomical universe, are apparent desperations and secret consolations. Our destiny … is not frightful by being unreal; it is frightful because it is irreversible and iron-clad. Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire. The world, unfortunately, is real; I, unfortunately, am Borges.”

- Jorge Luis Borges,

Tag: being, destiny, existence, fatalism, jorge-luis-borges, labyrinth, moment, reality, succession, time, world,

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“Qu’importe, mon Dieu, que je brûle toute l’éternité en enfer, si c’est ta volonté.”

- Thérèse de Lisieux

Tag: fatalism, hell, l-enfer, religion, ste-thérèse, will-of-god,

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“Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism.”

- Amit Kalantri,

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“La verdad, es que en el fondo soy un fatalista. Si a uno le llega la hora, da lo mismo un Boeing que la puntual maceta que se derrumba sobre uno desde un séptimo piso”

- Mario Benedetti,

Tag: death, fatalism, resignation,

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“But everyone disappears, no matter who loves them.”

- Dave Eggers,

Tag: fatalism, love,

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All Quotes By Tag: Fatalism