The history of the world — of human civilisation — is revealed by mundane details of daily life.

Estar satisfecho o chochear - dijo Wolf - es lo mismo. Si ya no se desea nada, tanto da chochear. […] Ten en cuenta que hay dos maneras de no desear nada; tener todo lo que se quería o estar desanimado porque no se ha conseguido.

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.

You learn from the part of the story you focus on.

De los del Habichuelo aprendí, sobre todo, que en los tebeos (y en cualquier asunto creativo) vale hacer de todo. Porque sí, que se supone que todos lo sabemos, pero la cabeza no se te abre hasta que ves resultados prácticos de aplicar esta evidencia.

It was 1923. And yes, it was in Finland. […] And I remember reading about this one woman who called the police and said “The man in my house is not my husband.” And the police came over and they said, “This is your husband”. And she said “No. This is not my husband. I killed my husband yesterday.”