“... 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
“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
“Eh bien oui, c'est mon vice.
Déplaire est mon plaisir. J'aime qu'on me haïsse.”
― Cyrano de Bergerac
Déplaire est mon plaisir. J'aime qu'on me haïsse.”
― Cyrano de Bergerac
“And that, after all, is how it ended.
Quietly.
In a world muffled by the gentle, forgiving hand of snow.”
― The Magician's Elephant
Quietly.
In a world muffled by the gentle, forgiving hand of snow.”
― The Magician's Elephant
“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
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