Jamal Centeno

“Don’t ask me those questions! Don’t ask me what life means or how we know reality or why we have to suffer so much. Don’t talk about how nothing feels real, how everything is coated with gelatin and shining like oil in the sun. I don’t want to hear about the tiger in the corner or the Angel of Death or the phone calls from John the Baptist.”
― Susanna Kaysen

“...every period of life has its necessities, and at forty-seven it's just as well to trust a little to the head.”
― James Fenimore Cooper, Pathfinder; or, the inland sea

“is that we can fix our mistakes sometimes. We learn from them. We get better. I never made a mistake like the one I made with Tourteau again, not with anyone in my life. And I have had a very, very long life. You will learn from your mistake, too. You must promise yourself that you will never behave like that with anyone else again. One mistake does not define you, Julian. Do you understand me? You must simply act better next time.” I nodded, but I still cried for a long, long time after that.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Quanto mais perto os homens chegavam de se proporcionar a si mesmos um paraíso perfeito, mais impacientes pareciam se tornar com ele - e consigo também".
"Sic transit mundus".”
― Walter M. Miller Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz