Tomie

“If you love me, Henry, you don’t love me in a way I understand.”
― Richard Siken, Crush

“O menino mais novo interrogou-o com os olhos. Sim, com certeza as preciosidades que se exibiam nos altares da igreja e nas prateleiras das lojas tinham nomes. Puseram-se a discutir a questão intricada. Como podiam os homens guardar tantas palavras? Era impossível, ninguém conservaria tão grande soma de conhecimentos. Livres dos nomes, as coisas ficavam distantes, misteriosas. Não tinham sido feitas por gente. E os indivíduos que mexiam nelas cometiam imprudência. Vistas de longe, eram bonitas. Admirados e medrosos, falavam baixo para não desencadear as forças estranhas que elas porventura encerrassem.”
― Graciliano Ramos, Vidas Secas

“He was stupid, yes; he had never had any schooling; he didn't know how to explain himself. Was he in jail because he doesn't know how to explain things right? What was wrong with his being stupid? He worked like a slave, day in and day out. [...] Was it his fault he was stupid? Who was to blame?”
― Graciliano Ramos, Vidas Secas

“I spent half my time loving her and the other half hiding how much I loved her.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo