Leonardo Pires
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Vladimir Nabokov
“Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita. Did she have a precursor? She did, indeed she did. In point of fact, there might have been no Lolita at all had I not loved, one summer, an initial girl-child. In a princedom by the sea. Oh when? About as many years before Lolita was born as my age was that summer. You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, exhibit number one is what the seraphs, the misinformed, simple, noble-winged seraphs, envied. Look at this tangle of thorns.”
Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

Patricia Highsmith
“My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.”
Patricia Highsmith

Marguerite Duras
“Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met.”
Marguerite Duras

Al Berto
“deus tem que ser substituído rapidamente por poe-
mas, sílabas sibilantes, lâmpadas acesas, corpos palpáveis,
vivos e limpos.

a dor de todas as ruas vazias.

sinto-me capaz de caminhar na língua aguçada deste
silêncio. e na sua simplicidade, na sua clareza, no seu abis-
mo.
sinto-me capaz de acabar com esse vácuo, e de aca-
bar comigo mesmo.

a dor de todas as ruas vazias.

mas gosto da noite e do riso de cinzas. gosto do
deserto, e do acaso da vida. gosto dos enganos, da sorte e
dos encontros inesperados.
pernoito quase sempre no lado sagrado do meu cora-
ção, ou onde o medo tem a precaridade doutro corpo.

a dor de todas as ruas vazias.

pois bem, mário - o paraíso sabe-se que chega a lis-
boa na fragata do alfeite. basta pôr uma lua nervosa no
cimo do mastro, e mandar arrear o velame.

é isto que é preciso dizer: daqui ninguém sai sem
cadastro.

a dor de todas as ruas vazias.

sujo os olhos com sangue. chove torrencialmente. o
filme acabou. não nos conheceremos nunca.

a dor de todas as ruas vazias.

os poemas adormeceram no desassossego da idade.
fulguram na perturbação de um tempo cada dia mais
curto. e, por vezes, ouço-os no transe da noite. assolam-me
as imagens, rasgam-me as metáforas insidiosas, porcas. ..e
nada escrevo.
o regresso à escrita terminou. a vida toda fodida - e
a alma esburacada por uma agonia tamanho deste mar.

a dor de todas as ruas vazias.”
Al Berto, Horto de incêndio

George Bernard Shaw
“Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.”
George Bernard Shaw

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