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  1#+title: 🌱 quotes
  2#+slug: quotes
  3#+description: Things that made me think or feel.
  4#+date: [2026-03-11 Wed 01:16:35]
  5
  6* ⛩️ Zen
  7
  8#+begin_quote
  9The obstacle is the path.
 10
 11— *Zen Proverb*
 12#+end_quote
 13
 14#+begin_quote
 15Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood,
 16carry water.
 17
 18— *Traditional*
 19#+end_quote
 20
 21#+begin_quote
 22In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there
 23are few.
 24
 25— *Shunryu Suzuki*
 26#+end_quote
 27
 28#+begin_quote
 29Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.
 30
 31— *Matsuo Bashō*
 32#+end_quote
 33
 34* 💾 Cyberpunk & Sci-Fi
 35
 36#+begin_quote
 37The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
 38
 39— *William Gibson (Neuromancer)*
 40#+end_quote
 41
 42#+begin_quote
 43The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed.
 44
 45— *William Gibson*
 46#+end_quote
 47
 48#+begin_quote
 49The street finds its own uses for things.
 50
 51— *William Gibson*
 52#+end_quote
 53
 54#+begin_quote
 55Information wants to be free. Information also wants to be expensive.
 56
 57— *Stewart Brand*
 58#+end_quote
 59
 60#+begin_quote
 61There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.
 62
 63— *Morpheus (The Matrix)*
 64#+end_quote
 65
 66#+begin_quote
 67If a ghost can coexist with a machine, then the definition of life needs to be
 68rewritten.
 69
 70— *Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)*
 71#+end_quote
 72
 73#+begin_quote
 74The Net is vast and infinite.
 75
 76— *Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)*
 77#+end_quote
 78
 79#+begin_quote
 80Humanity is just a data set.
 81
 82— *Lain Iwakura (Serial Experiments Lain)*
 83#+end_quote
 84
 85#+begin_quote
 86I'm not a person. I'm a program. I'm a user-created entity.
 87
 88— *Quorra (Tron: Legacy)*
 89#+end_quote
 90
 91#+begin_quote
 92I don't have a soul. I'm a machine. But I have a purpose.
 93
 94— *Alita (Alita: Battle Angel)*
 95#+end_quote
 96
 97#+begin_quote
 98Time not important, only life important.
 99
100— *Mondoshawan (The Fifth Element)*
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102
103#+begin_quote
104I don’t want to survive. I want to live.
105
106— *The Captain (WALL-E)*
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108
109* 🥥 Minimalism & Simplicity
110
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112Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is
113nothing left to take away.
114
115— *Antoine de Saint-Exupéry*
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117
118#+begin_quote
119The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary
120may speak.
121
122— *Hans Hofmann*
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124
125#+begin_quote
126Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
127
128— *Leonardo da Vinci*
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130
131#+begin_quote
132I make myself rich by making my wants few.
133
134— *Henry David Thoreau*
135#+end_quote
136
137#+begin_quote
138The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
139
140— *Henry David Thoreau*
141#+end_quote
142
143#+begin_quote
144Clutter is nothing more than postponed decisions.
145
146— *Barbara Hemphill*
147#+end_quote
148
149#+begin_quote
150Minimalism is not a lack of something. It's simply the perfect amount of
151something.
152
153— *Nicholas Burroughs*
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155
156#+begin_quote
157Your home is a living space, not a storage space.
158
159— *Francine Jay*
160#+end_quote
161
162#+begin_quote
163If it's not a "hell yes," it's a "no."
164
165— *Derek Sivers*
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167
168#+begin_quote
169The question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to
170live your life.
171
172— *Marie Kondo*
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174
175* 🎮 Gaming & Digital Lore
176
177Video games are art. It's not all 8-bit spaceships anymore - video games are a
178genuine art form.
179
180#+begin_quote
181Would you kindly?
182
183— *Andrew Ryan (BioShock)*
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185
186#+begin_quote
187I used to be a jerk. A total jerk. And then I became a potato.
188
189— *GLaDOS (Portal 2)*
190#+end_quote
191
192#+begin_quote
193To say that nothing is true, is to realize that the foundations of society are
194fragile, and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization.
195
196— *Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed)*
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198
199#+begin_quote
200Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls, and asks the ghosts if honor
201matters. The silence is your answer.
202
203— *Javik (Mass Effect 3)*
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205
206#+begin_quote
207Don’t make a girl a promise... if you know you can’t keep it.
208
209— *Cortana (Halo 3)*
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211
212#+begin_quote
213War. War never changes.
214
215— *Narrator / Ron Perlman (Fallout)*
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217
218#+begin_quote
219I'm a ghost, remember? You can't kill what you can't see.
220
221— *Sam Fisher (Splinter Cell)*
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223
224#+begin_quote
225I never asked for this.
226
227— *Adam Jensen (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)*
228#+end_quote
229
230#+begin_quote
231It’s easy to forget what a sin is in the middle of a battlefield.
232
233— *Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)*
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