André Alves

“Todas as coisas do universo aonde, por tanto tempo, me procurei, são as mesmas que encontrei dentro do peito no fim da viagem que fiz pelo universo.”
― José de Almada Negreiros, A Invenção do Dia Claro

“The story seems to begin with catastrophe but in fact began earlier and is not a tragedy but rather a love story. Perhaps tragedies are only tragedies in the presence of love, which confers meaning to loss. Loss is not felt in the absence of love.”
― Elizabeth Alexander, The Light of the World

“There was something magical about an island—the mere word suggested fantasy. You lost touch with the world—an island was a world of its own. A world, perhaps, from which you might never return.”
― Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets