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“I bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone's hand.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“Words were different when they lived inside of you.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“We are the books we read and the things we love.”
― Cath Crowley, Words in Deep Blue

“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven

“É preciso amar o seu coração, Lisa, assim como a pessoa que você é. Somente depois disso você será capaz de entregá-lo a alguém. O amor, assim como todas as coisas mais importantes desse mundo, requer cuidado. Jamais entregue a sua felicidade nas mãos de alguém que não saberá aproveitá-la. A resposta está onde os olhos recusam a ver, mas você – Disse Lucien, tocando a mão de Lisa. –, somente você, saberá onde encontrá-la. – Explicou. – Em meu reino, na maioria das vezes ela está na lua ou no sol, na magia que reverbera pelo nosso corpo. No seu reino, acredito eu, ela está nas estrelas.”
― Leo Oliveira, Todos nós vemos estrelas

“Abusers do not need to be, and rarely are, cackling maniacs. They just need to want something and not care how they get it.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

“I stopped asking how. I just did it. The head is too wise. The heart is all fire.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King

“Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered.”
― José Saramago, The Double

“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals–sounds that say listen to this, it is important.”
― Gary Provost