Margarida Costa

“I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal.”
― Groucho Marx

“... toxic derivatives were underpinned by toxic economics, which, in turn, were no more than motivated delusions in search of theoretical justification; fundamentalist tracts that acknowledged facts only when they could be accommodated to the demands of the lucrative faith. Despite their highly impressive labels and technical appearance, economic models were merely mathematized versions of the touching superstition that markets know best, both at times of tranquility and in periods of tumult.”
― Yanis Varoufakis, The Global Minotaur: America, Europe and the Future of the Global Economy

“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke

“The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
― Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything