“So long as I have questions to which there are no answers, I shall go on writing.”
― The Hour of the Star
― The Hour of the Star
“Once you are real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always.”
― The Velveteen Rabbit
― The Velveteen Rabbit
“Do not mourn the dead. They know what they are doing.”
― The Hour of the Star
― The Hour of the Star
“Who has not asked himself at some time or other: am I a monster or is this what it means to be a person?”
― A Hora da Estrela
― A Hora da Estrela
“No it is not easy to write. It is as hard as breaking rocks. Sparks and splinters fly like shattered steel.”
― The Hour of the Star
― The Hour of the Star
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