João Reis

“how I despise neutrality, only countries should be neutral since they’re abstract entities, people cannot be neutral, a friend of mine cannot caress my hand and kiss my enemy, laugh when they mock me, this is my true belief, maybe I’m wrong, neutral people are the most dangerous, they sell themselves to the highest bidder, betray us for a plate of lentils”
― João Reis, The Translator's Bride

“As perguntas não me incomodam muito, creio, o problema está em exigirem resposta, com efeito, se as perguntas não requeressem uma resposta, duvido que me irritassem, na verdade, acho que as interrogações me exasperam meramente porque exigem uma resposta.”
― João Reis, A Devastação do Silêncio

“To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

“Instead of committing suicide, people go to work.”
― Thomas Bernhard, Correction