“While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.”
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“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“Things were somehow so good that they were in danger of becoming very bad because what is fully mature is very close to rotting”
― A Hora da Estrela
― A Hora da Estrela
“All it takes to get along in this here man's town is a little shit, grit, and mother-wit.”
― Invisible Man
― Invisible Man
“Everything in the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born.”
― The Hour of the Star
― The Hour of the Star
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