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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 | |
| 9 | The obstacle is the path. — *Zen Proverb* | |
| 10 | #+end_quote | |
| 11 | ||
| 12 | #+begin_quote | |
| 13 | Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, | |
| 14 | carry water. — *Traditional* | |
| 15 | #+end_quote | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | #+begin_quote | |
| 18 | In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there | |
| 19 | are few. — *Shunryu Suzuki* | |
| 20 | #+end_quote | |
| 21 | ||
| 22 | #+begin_quote | |
| 23 | Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself. — | |
| 24 | *Matsuo Bashō* | |
| 25 | #+end_quote | |
| 26 | ||
| 27 | * 💾 Cyberpunk & Sci-Fi | |
| 28 | ||
| 29 | #+begin_quote | |
| 30 | The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. — | |
| 31 | *William Gibson (Neuromancer)* | |
| 32 | #+end_quote | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | #+begin_quote | |
| 35 | The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed. — *William | |
| 36 | Gibson* | |
| 37 | #+end_quote | |
| 38 | ||
| 39 | #+begin_quote | |
| 40 | The street finds its own uses for things. — *William Gibson* | |
| 41 | #+end_quote | |
| 42 | ||
| 43 | #+begin_quote | |
| 44 | Information wants to be free. Information also wants to be expensive. — *Stewart | |
| 45 | Brand* | |
| 46 | #+end_quote | |
| 47 | ||
| 48 | #+begin_quote | |
| 49 | There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. — *Morpheus | |
| 50 | (The Matrix)* | |
| 51 | #+end_quote | |
| 52 | ||
| 53 | #+begin_quote | |
| 54 | If a ghost can coexist with a machine, then the definition of life needs to be | |
| 55 | rewritten. — *Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)* | |
| 56 | #+end_quote | |
| 57 | ||
| 58 | #+begin_quote | |
| 59 | The Net is vast and infinite. — *Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)* | |
| 60 | #+end_quote | |
| 61 | ||
| 62 | #+begin_quote | |
| 63 | Humanity is just a data set. — *Lain Iwakura (Serial Experiments Lain)* | |
| 64 | #+end_quote | |
| 65 | ||
| 66 | #+begin_quote | |
| 67 | I'm not a person. I'm a program. I'm a user-created entity. — *Quorra (Tron: | |
| 68 | Legacy)* | |
| 69 | #+end_quote | |
| 70 | ||
| 71 | #+begin_quote | |
| 72 | I don't have a soul. I'm a machine. But I have a purpose. — *Alita (Alita: Battle | |
| 73 | Angel)* | |
| 74 | #+end_quote | |
| 75 | ||
| 76 | #+begin_quote | |
| 77 | Time not important, only life important. — *Mondoshawan (The Fifth Element)* | |
| 78 | #+end_quote | |
| 79 | ||
| 80 | #+begin_quote | |
| 81 | I don’t want to survive. I want to live. — *The Captain (WALL-E)* | |
| 82 | #+end_quote | |
| 83 | ||
| 84 | * 🥥 Minimalism & Simplicity | |
| 85 | ||
| 86 | #+begin_quote | |
| 87 | Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is | |
| 88 | nothing left to take away. — *Antoine de Saint-Exupéry* | |
| 89 | #+end_quote | |
| 90 | ||
| 91 | #+begin_quote | |
| 92 | The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary | |
| 93 | may speak. — *Hans Hofmann* | |
| 94 | #+end_quote | |
| 95 | ||
| 96 | #+begin_quote | |
| 97 | Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. — *Leonardo da Vinci* | |
| 98 | #+end_quote | |
| 99 | ||
| 100 | #+begin_quote | |
| 101 | I make myself rich by making my wants few. — *Henry David Thoreau* | |
| 102 | #+end_quote | |
| 103 | ||
| 104 | #+begin_quote | |
| 105 | The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. — *Henry David | |
| 106 | Thoreau* | |
| 107 | #+end_quote | |
| 108 | ||
| 109 | #+begin_quote | |
| 110 | Clutter is nothing more than postponed decisions. — *Barbara Hemphill* | |
| 111 | #+end_quote | |
| 112 | ||
| 113 | #+begin_quote | |
| 114 | Minimalism is not a lack of something. It's simply the perfect amount of | |
| 115 | something. — *Nicholas Burroughs* | |
| 116 | #+end_quote | |
| 117 | ||
| 118 | #+begin_quote | |
| 119 | Your home is a living space, not a storage space. — *Francine Jay* | |
| 120 | #+end_quote | |
| 121 | ||
| 122 | #+begin_quote | |
| 123 | If it's not a "hell yes," it's a "no." — *Derek Sivers* | |
| 124 | #+end_quote | |
| 125 | ||
| 126 | #+begin_quote | |
| 127 | The question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to | |
| 128 | live your life. — *Marie Kondo* | |
| 129 | #+end_quote | |
| 130 | ||
| 131 | * 🎮 Gaming & Digital Lore | |
| 132 | ||
| 133 | Video games are art. It's not all 8-bit spaceships anymore - video games are a | |
| 134 | genuine art form. | |
| 135 | ||
| 136 | #+begin_quote | |
| 137 | Would you kindly? — *Andrew Ryan (BioShock)* | |
| 138 | #+end_quote | |
| 139 | ||
| 140 | #+begin_quote | |
| 141 | I used to be a jerk. A total jerk. And then I became a potato. — *GLaDOS | |
| 142 | (Portal 2)* | |
| 143 | #+end_quote | |
| 144 | ||
| 145 | #+begin_quote | |
| 146 | To say that nothing is true, is to realize that the foundations of society are | |
| 147 | fragile, and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization. — *Ezio | |
| 148 | Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed)* | |
| 149 | #+end_quote | |
| 150 | ||
| 151 | #+begin_quote | |
| 152 | Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls, and asks the ghosts if honor | |
| 153 | matters. The silence is your answer. — *Javik (Mass Effect 3)* | |
| 154 | #+end_quote | |
| 155 | ||
| 156 | #+begin_quote | |
| 157 | Don’t make a girl a promise... if you know you can’t keep it. — *Cortana (Halo 3)* | |
| 158 | #+end_quote | |
| 159 | ||
| 160 | #+begin_quote | |
| 161 | War. War never changes. — *Narrator / Ron Perlman (Fallout)* | |
| 162 | #+end_quote | |
| 163 | ||
| 164 | #+begin_quote | |
| 165 | I'm a ghost, remember? You can't kill what you can't see. — *Sam Fisher (Splinter | |
| 166 | Cell)* | |
| 167 | #+end_quote | |
| 168 | ||
| 169 | #+begin_quote | |
| 170 | I never asked for this. — *Adam Jensen (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)* | |
| 171 | #+end_quote | |
| 172 | ||
| 173 | #+begin_quote | |
| 174 | It’s easy to forget what a sin is in the middle of a battlefield. — *Solid Snake | |
| 175 | (Metal Gear Solid)* | |
| 176 | #+end_quote | |