Thais Mendes

“Zero deaths” war, “zero risks” love, nothing random, no chance encounters. Backed as it is, with all the resources of a wide-scale advertising campaign, I see it as the first threat to love, what I would call the safety threat. After all, it’s not so very different to an arranged marriage. Not done in the name of family order and hierarchy by despotic parents, but in the name of safety for the individuals involved, through advance agreements that avoid randomness, chance encounters and in the end any existential poetry, due to the categorical absence of risks.”
― Alain Badiou, In Praise of Love

“The world is full of new developments and love must also be something that innovates. Risk and adventure must be re-invented against safety and comfort.”
― Alain Badiou, In Praise of Love

“Dans un mois, dans un an, comment souffrirons-nous Seigneur, que tant de mers me séparent de vous. Que le jour recommence et que le jour finisse Sans que jamais Titus puisse voir Bérénice.”
― Racine, Berenice

“To write you I first cover myself with perfume.”
― Clarice Lispector, The Stream of Life