Marilia

“A vida dura o tempo de umas marcas de garra na areia.”
― Wisława Szymborska, Poemas

“Quatro bilhões de pessoas nesta terra,
e minha imaginação é como era.
Não se dá bem com grandes números.”
― Wisława Szymborska, Poemas

“They don’t teach them to understand others, they teach them to expect others to understand them,” he said in English. He humphed and said, “Americans.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Witch

“Neither (brother) even glaced at the counter. She smiled. Her dumb brothers never cooked. She didn’t think they even knew how! A human being who needs food to live but cannot prepare that food to eat? Pathetic. In this case, it was an advantage. They weren’t interested in any food until it had been cooked for them.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Witch