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“We’re the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War’s a spiritual war… our Great Depression is our lives. We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won’t. And we’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“Qualquer amor já é um pouquinho de saúde, um descanso na loucura.”
― João Guimarães Rosa

“Viver - não é? - é muito perigoso. Porque ainda não se sabe. Porque aprender-a-viver é que é o viver, mesmo.”
― João Guimarães Rosa, Grande Sertão: Veredas

“Sorte é isto. Merecer e ter.”
― João Guimarães Rosa, Grande Sertão: Veredas

“For sometimes you can't help but crave some ruin in what you love.”
― Chang-rae Lee, On Such a Full Sea

“He stared down at the golden curls of the Adversary, Destroyer of Kings, Angel of the Bottomless Pit, Great Beast that is called Dragon, Prince of This World, Father of Lies, Spawn of Satan, and Lord of Darkness.

"You know," he concluded, after a while, "I think he actually looks like an Adam.”
― Neil Gaiman, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

“Every weakness contains within itself a strength.”
― Shusaku Endo

“I don't think there is any truth. There are only points of view. ”
― Allen Ginsberg

“The purpose of a good education is to show you that there are three sides to a two-sided story.”
― Stanley Fish

“I went to the shoemaker to collect his wastepaper. One of them asked me if my book was communistic. I replied that it was realistic. He cautioned me that it was not wise to write of reality.”
― Carolina Maria de Jesus, Child of the Dark: The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus, 50th Anniversary Edition

“The book is man's best invention so far.”
― Carolina Maria de Jesus

“Kuru fasulyeleri ateşe koydum. Onları yıkarken, "Bugün zengin insanlar gibiyim," dedim. "Fasulye hazırlıyorum.”
― Caroline Maria De Jesus