A woman in the office comes up to me and says:

"I want to deposit €4,290 into this account."

She shows me the account number to which she wants to deposit the money, a company account, and gives me a wad of bills.

"All right," I say, and grab the wad of bills.

Before putting the bills in the recycler, I put them in the counter, and it tells me that in total there is €4,210 in the wad.

"Here are €4,210," I warn her. "Do I deposit this?"

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“If you want to live in peace, listen, watch and shut up” (Roman proverb).

«Si quieres vivir en paz, oye, mira y calla» (proverbio romano).

“‘‘Canada.’ My number. I was in ‘Canada.’ Cleaning command. We always had food. We unpacked the luggage of the new arrivals while their owners were sent to the gas chamber.’
‘You try to fit in or you’re the next to die.’
‘I don’t want us to be well here, while others out there… My wife is still in Auschwitz.’
‘I’m not going to give the Nazis the pleasure of me feeling ashamed of being alive’” (Stefan Ruzowitzky, The Counterfeiters).

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“‘That thing about miss [missing your homeland], nostalgia and all that is a lie. You miss the neighborhood, in any case, but you also miss it if you move ten blocks away. […] The homeland is an invention. What do I have to do with a person from Tucumán or a person from Salta? They are as foreign to me as a Catalan or a Portuguese. They are statistics. Faceless numbers. You feel part of very few people. Your country is your friends’” (Adolfo Aristarain, Martín (Hache)).

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“‘I’m sorry.’
‘You were trying to help me understand.’
‘No. I actually wanted to hurt you. Couln’t bear to see such dumb, beautiful happiness in someone. It was cruel of me.’
‘I am not sorry. If I know the world, I can improve it.’
‘You can’t. That is the real point. Don’t accept the lie of religion, socialism, capitalism. We are a fucked species. Know it. Hope is smashable. Realism is not. Protect yourself with the truth.’

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“‘You, Colm Doherty, do you know what you used to be?’
‘No, Pádraic, what did I used to be?’
‘Nice! You used to be nice! […] And now, do you know what you are? Not nice.’
‘Ah, well, I suppose niceness doesn’t last then, does it, Pádraic? But will I tell ya something that does last?’
‘What? And don’t say somethin’ stupid like music.’
‘Music lasts.’
‘Knew it!’
‘And paintings last. And poetry lasts.’
‘So does niceness.’

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"Any war between Europeans is a civil war" (Eugeni d'Ors).

«Cualquier guerra entre europeos es una guerra civil» (Eugenio d'Ors).

"Power can only be seduced, defeated or mocked" (Jesús González Maestro).

«Al poder solo se le puede seducir, vencer o burlar» (Jesús González Maestro).

"'Even if a pawn becomes a queen, it’s still just a playing piece'" (Hideo Kojima, Metal Gear Solid 2).

«—Incluso si un peón se convierte en reina, sigue siendo una pieza más en el tablero» (Hideo Kojima, Metal Gear Solid 2).

"Between the mind that plans and the hands that build there must be a mediator, and this must be the heart" (Fritz Lang, Metropolis).

«Entre la mente que piensa y las manos que construyen debe haber un mediador, y este ha de ser el corazón» (Fritz Lang, Metrópolis).