Reading is probably another way of being in a place.
Ni la juventud sabe lo que puede, ni la vejez puede lo que sabe.
In adancul nostru este ceva care n-are nume, acest ceva suntem.
…) a vida ri-se das previsões (…)
I think the novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers. The novel receives streams of science, philosophy, poetry and contains all of these;...
In the end, I am quite normal. I don't have odd habits. I don't dramatize. Above all, I do not romanticize the act of writing. I don't talk about the anguish I suffer in creating. I do not have a fear...
Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought.
لا أريد أن أبني آمالا قد يتضح أنها غير مسوغة.
الموت ليس معدياً، لكننا جميعا نموت!
الأجوبة لا تأتي دائمًا عند الحاجة إليها
Они се нису бојали ничега осим своје сопствене храбрости.
«Deixa-te levar pela criança que foste.»
Ser fantasma deve ser isto, ter a certeza de que a vida existe, porque quatro sentidos o dizem, e não a poder ver
Que o tempo veio a tornar rançoso,
O que vem amanhá é que conta, hoje é sempre nada
[... А људу и не сањају да онај ко заврши једну ствар није онај исти који је ту ствар започео...]Жозе Сарамаго „Година смрти Рикарда Реиша
The instant is gone, time has carried us into the realm of memory, it was like this, no, it was not, and everything becomes what we choose to invent.
Ontem vimos, hoje não vemos, amanhã veremos, com uma ligeira entoação interrogativa no terço final da frase, como se a prudência, no último instante, tivesse decidido, pelo sim, pelo não, acrescentar...
O medo cega, disse a rapariga dos óculos escuros, São palavras certas, já éramos cegos no momento em que cegámos, o medo nos cegou, o medo nos fará continuar cegos
Now don't run away. I'm not. I learned to see beyond the soles of these shoes. I learned that behind this wretched life we lead there is a great ideal, a great hope. I learned that each individual lif...