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41 " All he ever wanted was a comfortable chair and a place in history. Well, he was robbed of one and died in the other. "
― Neal Shusterman , UnSouled (Unwind, #3)
42 " Cuando uno no puede ganar, lo mejor es que haga un chiste de la derrota. "
43 " Pero de cada buena intención sale un camino hacia el infierno. "
44 " Tell me, Connor, is this the first time you've been pregnant?''What?''Just answer the question, yes or no.''Yes. I mean no! Shut up! What kind of stupid-ass question is that?'Cam smiles. 'You see? You're damned no matter how you answer. By playing both sides, Proactive Citizenry keeps people focused on choosing between two different kinds of unwinding, making people forget that the real question...''Is whether or not someone should be unwound at all. "
45 " (O)ne cannot let the event's of one's past murder one's future. "
46 " one cannot let the events of one’s past murder one’s future. "
47 " The maintenance of civil order in society rests on the foundation of family discipline. Therefore, a child who disrespects his parents must be permanently removed from society in a way that gives an example to all other children of the importance of respect for parents. "
48 " Hope can be bruised and battered. It can be forced underground and even rendered unconscious, but hope cannot be killed. The "
49 " I’d never want a piece of someone else’s brain,” Kele had said. “I mean, you don’t know where it’s been. "
50 " but Cam has come to understand that a pedestal is nothing more than an elegant cage. No walls, no locks, but unless one has wings to fly away, one is trapped. A pedestal is the most insidious prison ever devised. "
51 " I know they call me low-cortical and all, but even so, I got this one corner of my brain that’s like Grand Central Station. Stuff that other people can’t figure out comes easy to me. "
52 " He feels like Frodo at the gates of Mordor. Who would have guessed that Ohio could hold such dark portent? "
53 " Now there was a supply of anonymous parts for anyone who wanted them. And even if you didn't want younger hands or brighter eyes, there were advertisements everywhere to convince you that you did. 'A new you from the inside out!' the billboards said. 'Add fifty years to your life.'" Sonia shakes her head bitterly. "They created want...and want turned to need...and unwinding became woven into the fabric of everything. "
54 " Ulam spiral, "
55 " How can you walk away,” Connor finally says, “when they’re about to overthrow the Cap-17 law? "
56 " Esa es la rabia que lo embarga cuando no hay nadie mirándolo. "
57 " -¡Me prometiste contener ese genio!-Te equivocas: tú me lo pediste, y yo me negué. "
58 " Tú eres bueno en las grandes dificultades, y eres un capullo en la vida normal. "
59 " -No me gustan los niños.-Tampoco te gustan mucho los adultos. Ni nadie que esté entre unos y otros. "
60 " Mira a Connor, que no parece preocuparse por dónde se sienta. No lo parece. Esa es la palabra clave con Connor. Se le da extremadamente bien ocultar lo que pasa en ese espacio desconcertante que va de una oreja suya a la otra. "