

“... agora sei que o nosso mundo não e mais permanente do que uma onda a erguer-se no oceano. E quaisquer que sejam as nossas lutas e triunfos, como quer que os possamos sofrer, muito rapidamente se dissolvem todos numa aguada, como tinta de pintar no papel”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha

“Sleep is my lover now, my forgetting, my opiate, my oblivion.”
― The Time Traveler's Wife
― The Time Traveler's Wife

“This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it.”
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“What we did, what every president since Washington has done, was provide a measured, appropriate response, in direct relation to a realistic threat assessment.”
― World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
― World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

“To die, it's easy. But you have to struggle for life.”
― Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
― Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
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