Ana Moraes

“Human nature. I don’t like human nature, but I do like human beings.”
― Ellen Glasgow, In This Our Life

“If an American, because his skin is dark, cannot eat lunch in a restaurant open to the public, if he cannot send his children to the best public school available, if he cannot vote for the public officials who represent him, if, in short, he cannot enjoy the full and free life which all of us want, then who among us would be content to have the color of his skin changed and stand in his place? Who among us would then be content with the counsels of patience and delay?” – President John F. Kennedy (June 11, 1963)”
― President John F. Kennedy

“The master is not the one who teaches; it's the one who suddenly learns.”
― Joao Guimaraes Rosa, Grande Sertao: Veredas

“Just one taste. Just one. That’s all I want.” And then his lips pressed against hers.”
― Sophie Jackson, A Pound of Flesh