Barbara

“And the two women stood side by side looking at the slender, flowering tree. Although it was so still it seemed, like the flame of a candle, to stretch up, to point, to quiver in the bright air, to grow taller and taller as they gazed - almost to touch the rim of the round, silver moon.
How long did they stand there? Both, as it were, caught in that circle of unearthly light, understanding each other perfectly, creatures of another world, and wondering what they were to do in this one with all this blissful treasure that burned in their bosoms and dropped, in silver flowers, from their hair and hands?”
― Katherine Mansfield, Bliss & Other Stories

“então me vens e me chegas e me invades e me tomas e me pedes e me perdes e te derramas sobre mim com teus olhos sempre fugitivos e abres a boca para libertar novas histórias e outra vez me completo assim, sem urgências, e me concentro inteiro nas coisas que me contas, e assim calado, e assim submisso, te mastigo dentro de mim enquanto me apunhalas com lenta delicadeza deixando claro em cada promessa que jamais será cumprida, que nada devo esperar além dessa máscara colorida, que me queres assim porque é assim que és...

À beira do mar aberto”
― Caio Fernando Abreu, Os Dragões não Conhecem o Paraíso

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”
― Mary Oliver

“É sempre mais difícil ancorar um navio no espaço ”
― Ana Cristina Cesar, A Teus Pés