What are you going to do with your life?” In one way or another it seemed that people had been asking her this forever; teachers, her parents, friends at three in the morning, but the question had never seemed this pressing and still she was no nearer an answer… “Live each day as if it’s your last’, that was the conventional advice, but really, who had the energy for that? What if it rained or you felt a bit glandy? It just wasn’t practical. Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you. Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved, if you ever get the chance.

― David Nicholls, One Day

You are not your job, you’re not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You are not your fucking khakis. You are all singing, all dancing crap of the worlds

― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

Prefiero morir vicioso y feliz a vivir limpio y aburrido. Prefiero encontrar una estrella en el fango a cuatro diamantes sobre un cristal. Prefiero que la estrella queme, sea fuego, a un tacto rezumante de frialdad. Prefiero besar el duro suelo veinte veces para llegar una sola vez a lo más alto a escalar poco a poco, sin caer nunca pero sin llegar jamás a la cima. Prefiero que me duela a que me traspase, que me haga daño a que me ignore (…)

― Daniel Valdés