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João
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“You won’t understand what I mean now, but someday you will: the only trick of friendship, I think, is to find people who are better than you are—not smarter, not cooler, but kinder, and more generous, and more forgiving—and then to appreciate them for what they can teach you, and to try to listen to them when they tell you something about yourself, no matter how bad—or good—it might be, and to trust them, which is the hardest thing of all. But the best, as well.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
“...stories can make someone immortal as long as someone else is willing to listen.”
― They Both Die at the End
― They Both Die at the End
“na hora de pôr a mesa, éramos cinco:
o meu pai, a minha mãe, as minhas irmãs
e eu. depois, a minha irmã mais velha
casou-se. depois, a minha irmã mais nova
casou-se. depois, o meu pai morreu. hoje,
na hora de pôr a mesa, somos cinco,
menos a minha irmã mais velha que está
na casa dela, menos a minha irmã mais
nova que está na casa dela, menos o meu
pai, menos a minha mãe viúva. cada um
deles é um lugar vazio nesta mesa onde
como sozinho. mas irão estar sempre aqui.
na hora de pôr a mesa, seremos sempre cinco.
enquanto um de nós estiver vivo, seremos
sempre cinco”
―
o meu pai, a minha mãe, as minhas irmãs
e eu. depois, a minha irmã mais velha
casou-se. depois, a minha irmã mais nova
casou-se. depois, o meu pai morreu. hoje,
na hora de pôr a mesa, somos cinco,
menos a minha irmã mais velha que está
na casa dela, menos a minha irmã mais
nova que está na casa dela, menos o meu
pai, menos a minha mãe viúva. cada um
deles é um lugar vazio nesta mesa onde
como sozinho. mas irão estar sempre aqui.
na hora de pôr a mesa, seremos sempre cinco.
enquanto um de nós estiver vivo, seremos
sempre cinco”
―
“One reads alone, even in another's presence.”
― If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
― If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
“Sections in the bookstore
- Books You Haven't Read
- Books You Needn't Read
- Books Made for Purposes Other Than Reading
- Books Read Even Before You Open Them Since They Belong to the Category of Books Read Before Being Written
- Books That If You Had More Than One Life You Would Certainly Also Read But Unfortunately Your Days Are Numbered
- Books You Mean to Read But There Are Others You Must Read First
- Books Too Expensive Now and You'll Wait 'Til They're Remaindered
- Books ditto When They Come Out in Paperback
- Books You Can Borrow from Somebody
- Books That Everybody's Read So It's As If You Had Read Them, Too
- Books You've Been Planning to Read for Ages
- Books You've Been Hunting for Years Without Success
- Books Dealing with Something You're Working on at the Moment
- Books You Want to Own So They'll Be Handy Just in Case
- Books You Could Put Aside Maybe to Read This Summer
- Books You Need to Go with Other Books on Your Shelves
- Books That Fill You with Sudden, Inexplicable Curiosity, Not Easily Justified
- Books Read Long Ago Which It's Now Time to Re-read
- Books You've Always Pretended to Have Read and Now It's Time to Sit Down and Really Read Them”
― If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
- Books You Haven't Read
- Books You Needn't Read
- Books Made for Purposes Other Than Reading
- Books Read Even Before You Open Them Since They Belong to the Category of Books Read Before Being Written
- Books That If You Had More Than One Life You Would Certainly Also Read But Unfortunately Your Days Are Numbered
- Books You Mean to Read But There Are Others You Must Read First
- Books Too Expensive Now and You'll Wait 'Til They're Remaindered
- Books ditto When They Come Out in Paperback
- Books You Can Borrow from Somebody
- Books That Everybody's Read So It's As If You Had Read Them, Too
- Books You've Been Planning to Read for Ages
- Books You've Been Hunting for Years Without Success
- Books Dealing with Something You're Working on at the Moment
- Books You Want to Own So They'll Be Handy Just in Case
- Books You Could Put Aside Maybe to Read This Summer
- Books You Need to Go with Other Books on Your Shelves
- Books That Fill You with Sudden, Inexplicable Curiosity, Not Easily Justified
- Books Read Long Ago Which It's Now Time to Re-read
- Books You've Always Pretended to Have Read and Now It's Time to Sit Down and Really Read Them”
― If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
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