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“Portugal. That's where I'd heard the word saudade before. It wasn't really translatable. A kind of longing, a nostalgia, a sense of incompleteness, not just romantic but existential, rooted in the very fabric of our people. (...) Portuguese was the language of melancholic dreamers, of lonely poets.”
― Laura Steven, Our Infinite Fates

“heal the roots, to see the tree grow vibrant.”
― Matthew Edward Hall, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine

“The most complicated relationship you will ever have is the one with yourself. We are our own greatest mystery, our own biggest challenge. Life isn't a quest to find ourselves, it's a quest to define ourselves.”
― Jewel E. Ann, Before Us

“She's a total enigma, and instead of trying to solve the puzzle that is her, people just go along with her scattered pieces, calling it art.”
― Jescie Hall, Kid