Diego Reis

“quando se pensa em pobre como sinônimo de não leitor, o que se quer, no fundo, é uma justificativa para arrancar dinheiro dos cofres públicos.”
― Anonymous

“That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.”
― Emily Dickinson

“The cruelest lies are often told in silence.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers

“He was all right,’ he said, after reflection. ‘Though I didn’t hear him offer to have a coin stamped like the others. Promises are all very well, mistress, but a silver coin buys you a good meal and a jug.’ Alexandria frowned for a moment, then snapped open the heavy bangle she wore on her wrist, sliding a denarius out in her hand. She gave it to Teddus and he accepted it, raising his eyebrows. ‘What’s that for?’ he said. ‘You spend it,’ she replied. ‘When it’s gone and you’re hungry again, Caesar will still be there.”
― Anonymous