Ishiro, you went through something truly unimaginable. We all deal with our pain in different ways, and you chose art. And that’s beautiful.
I’m not as impolite as other people appear to be. Causing you pain without first seeking your permission is not in my nature.
Humans do not look forward. They have memories that force them to look backwards. The alien in me only failed my mission once, but the human in me has relived that failure a thousand times. Why would I think about it if it’s painful? Maybe humans like pain as much as they like pie.
Good thing about red, they can’t tell how much you’re bleeding.
You take the pain and the what-ifs, and you weave them into a narrative that propels you forward.[to Gaal]
When you walk into a room, you pierce the soul of any man, lay bare his sorrows, and that cannot be taught. It’s a gift that you earn through pain. And it’s that enchanting anguish, in this lie of a life, that gives you power.[to Iris]
We prefer any lie to the pain.[to Helge Doppler 1986][Wir jede Lüge dem Schmerz vorziehen.]
We all have trauma that we can’t escape. Even if we bleed and scar, we never really heal.
There’s one thing our family does well, sis, and that’s exploit pain.
The pain’s just a program.
The pain, fear, I revel in it.
The pain doesn’t go away. You just make room for it.
