João Pacheco

“People can easily pass judgment on others when they’re protected by their own normality.”
― Sayaka Murata, Earthlings

“That winter arrived immediately, all at once -- you could watch it come. Twin curtains of white appeared in the north, white all the way to the sky, driving south like the end of all things. They drove the wind before them and it ran like wolves, like floodwater through a cracked dyke. Cattle galloped the fencelines, bawling. Trees toppled; a barn roof tumbled over the highway. The river changed directions. The wind flung thrushes screaming into the gorge and impaled them on the thorns in grotesque attitudes.”
― Anthony Doerr, The Shell Collector

“This feeble attempt at self-deception only makes the truth harder when you're forced to meet it”
― Algernon Blackwood, The Willows

“I thought if I were beautiful enough, all my dreams would come true. But you don't steady beautiful forever; one day you wake up and it's gone, and then where are you? Dreams are made with blood and sweat and tears.”
― Ryū Murakami, Coin Locker Babies