One day I'll be old, dead, forgotten. And at this very moment, while I'm sitting here thinking these things… — Simone de Beauvoir

That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

Even the children of Carmona were divided into two camps, and below the ramparts, among the brushwood and rocks, we battled with stones shouting "Long live the duke!" and others, "Down with the tyrant!" We fought viciously, but I was never satisfied with this game — the fallen enemy rose again, the dead came back to life. The day after a battle, victors and vanquished both found themselves unharmed.