Maria

“Comencé por intentar crear cosas imposibles: una ciudad líquida, donde las aves se mojaban contra las torres, donde los gatos se evaporaban del suelo (La ciudad líquida); o una sala muy blanca donde estaba encerrada una mujer: Eva (A inexistência de Eva). Después, viví el dolor, el luto, sentí los primeros grandes disgustos, y creo que fue en ese momento que dejé de tener ganas de mirar solo hacia adentro, en busca de cosas que no existían. Creo que fue eso, pero no estoy segura: una voluntad de mirar hacia afuera, de ir al balcón a respirar.”
― Filipa Leal

“In this house, the search for happiness appears to be complete; or rather, in the chaotic mountain of jumble it is always somehow at hand, the easiest of all things to find. The foreground is entirely human here:the rooms may have been neglected, but the people haven't been”
― Rachel Cusk, Coventry: Essays

“Nalan thought that one of the endless tragedies of human history was that pessimists were better at surviving than optimists, which meant that, logically speaking, humanity carried the genes of people who did not believe in humanity.”
― Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

“Nalan thought that one of the endless tragedies of human history was that pessimists were better at surviving than optimists, which meant that, logically speaking, humanity carried the genes of people who did not believe in humanity”
― Elif Shafak