Paula

“será que ele prefere não ver?
imaginar o mundo
deve ser mais bonito mesmo”
― Aline Bei, O Peso do Pássaro Morto

“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn't know if she would ever find out where it was or become part of it.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“It bothers you, doesn’t it?” Mia said suddenly. “I think you can’t imagine. Why anyone would choose a different life from the one you’ve got. Why anyone might want something other than a big house with a big lawn, a fancy car, a job in an office. Why anyone would choose anything different than what you’d choose.”
― Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere

“Power always comes with a measure of loneliness”
― Haruko Ichikawa, 宝石の国 4 [Houseki no Kuni 4]