“You must look for constellations in the orange city lights. View each streetlamp as a star that's simply fallen from the night. So that even tired of footsteps feel like learning how to fly, and you're never truly trapped right where the earth touches the sky. Then when your world is turned upside down, you'll know no matter where you are, that you will always have the chance to fall asleep among the stars.”
―
―
“I began to feel that itch that every writer longs for: the itch to start getting words down, the itch to tell a story.”
― A Monster Calls
― A Monster Calls
“A lembrança de Karla está ligada quase que exclusivamente à lembrança dos livros que não conseguiu levar consigo na noite da mensagem na parede. Agora Karla não passava de uma ladra de livros. É assim que ele às vezes a chama, resmungando, enquanto examina inutilmente as estantes: a ladra de livros.”
― The Private Lives of Trees
― The Private Lives of Trees
“I am desperately looking the other way so that love won’t see me.”
― Written on the Body
― Written on the Body
“Ninguém brinca, ninguém conversa: os adultos escrevem cartas que ninguém vai ler, as crianças fazem perguntas que ninguém vai responder.”
― The Private Lives of Trees
― The Private Lives of Trees
Rafaella’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Rafaella’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Rafaella
Lists liked by Rafaella

























































