Quotes About Existence

He used to say that we exist as long as somebody remembers

Then I smiled to myself and, although it was just for a few seconds, I became aware that for the first time in my life I was happy, and that after tasting that poison my existence would never be the same again.

U jednom beskona?nom univerzumu bilo je previše stvari koje su izmicale ljudskoj spoznaji.

Of all the things that Julián wrote, the one I have always felt closest to my heart is that so long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.

Uno no se da cuenta del vacío en el que ha dejado pasar el tiempo hasta que vive de verdad. A veces la vida, no los días quemados, es solo un instante, un día, una semana o un mes. Uno sabe que está vivo porque duele, porque de repente todo importa y porque cuando ese breve momento se acaba, el resto de su existencia se transforma en un recuerdo al que intenta regresar en vano mientras le queda aliento en el cuerpo

It is impossible to survive in a prolonged state of reality, at least for a human being. We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake.

Pero los años me han enseñado que con eso no basta y que a veces la vida nos ofrece la oportunidad de aspirar a ser algo más que un bípedo que come, excreta y ocupa espacio temporal en el planeta.

A caminho daquele que bem poderia ser o último dia da sua curta existência disse a si mesmo que, graças a Alícia, aprendera pelo menos duas coisas úteis que lhe serviriam para sempre, se vivesse para o contar. A primeira era a mentir. A segunda, e esta ainda a sentia em carne viva, era que os juramentos são um pouco como os corações: quebrando o primeiro, os outros não custam nada.

All interpretation or observation of reality is necessarily fiction. In this case, the problem is that man is a moral animal abandoned in an amoral universe and condemned to a finite existence with no other purpose than to perpetuate the natural cycle of the species. It is impossible to survive in a prolonged state of reality, at least for a human being. We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake. As I said, pure biology.

Faith is an instinctive response to aspects of existence that we cannot explain by any other means - be it the moral void we perceive in the universe, the certainty of death, the mystery of the origin of things, the meaning of our own lives, or the absence of meaning.

Julián died alone, convinced that nobody would remember him or his books and that his life had meant nothing," she said. "He would have liked to know that somebody wanted to keep him alive, that someone remembered him. He used to say that we exist as long as somebody remembers us.

as we are remembered, we remain alive.

It is impossible to survive in a prolonged state of reality, at least for a human being.

Noi siamo quello che ricordiamo. Meno ricordiamo, meno siamo.

One knows one is alive because it hurts, because suddenly everything matters, and because when that brief moment is over, the rest of one's existence becomes a memory to which one tries in vain to return while there is some breath left in one's body.

People die, especially those who would do better to stay alive. Perhaps it's because God needs to make room for the huge amount of jerks with which he enjoys peppering the world.

Cuéntale al mundo nuestras historias y jamás olvides que existimos mientras alguien nos recuerda.

His life seemed destined for the bitter, grey existence of mediocrities whom God, in his infinite cruelty, has endowed with delusions of grandeur and a boundless ambition far exceeding their talents.

Mientras se nos recuerda, seguimos vivos

Saberá o louco que está louco?Ou os loucos são os outros,que se empenham em convencê-lo da sua insanidade para salvaguardarem a sua existência de quimeras?

that as long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.

En un universo infinito hay demasiadas cosas que se escapan a la comprensión humana

There's not a night time or day time in this world. It's always in-between. Like dawn or dusk, without a sun in the sky. I sit down. The ground is wet and fleshy. I rub my hand on it. It is warm. It's Stacy's flesh. I must be at the bottom of their world, where the earth meets her body.

Night Serpent: They are angry at God. Me: What has God done? Night Serpent: God ended all the interesting things.