Luisa Alves

“I’m the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I’m the type of person who doesn’t find it painful to be alone. I find spending an hour or two every day running alone, not speaking to anyone, as well as four or five hours alone at my desk, to be neither difficult nor boring. I’ve had this tendency ever since I was young, when, given a choice, I much preferred reading books on my own or concentrating on listening to music over being with someone else. I could always think of things to do by myself.”
― Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

“I have noticed that if you look carefully at people’s eyes the first five seconds they look at you, the truth of their feelings will shine through for just an instant before it flickers away.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

“...uma pessoa pode, enfim, por uma perda da pessoa a quem ama, por exemplo, suicidar-se, a isso chamaria eu morrer de amor. Agora não há nenhuma doença do amor, ou melhor, as doenças do amor são de outra natureza, são o cansaço, são o aborrecimento, são a rotina, essas são as doenças do amor. Agora, morrer de amor? Não sei.”
― José Saramago

“Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas