Clara M

“It's our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive!”
― Alison Bechdel, Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama

“A consciência da solidão doía mais que qualquer outra dor.”
― Socorro Acioli, A cabeça do santo

“When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.”
― Michael Ende, The Neverending Story

“If you have never wept bitter tears because a wonderful story has come to an end and you must take your leave of the characters with whom you have shared so many adventures, whom you have loved and admired, for whom you have hoped and feared, and without whose company life seems empty and meaningless.

If such things have not been part of your own experience, you probably won't understand what Bastian did next.”
― Michael Ende, The Neverending Story