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“It wasn't that Henry was less of himself in English. He was less of himself out loud. His native language was thought.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King

“There is a famous painting, Nighthawks, by Edward Hopper. I am in love with that painting. Sometimes, I think everyone is like the people in that painting, everyone lost in their own private universes of pain or sorrow or guilt, everyone remote and unknowable. The painting reminds me of you. It breaks my heart.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“Quero ser lida em profundidade e não como distração, porque não leio os outros para me distrair mas para compreender, para me comunicar. Não quero ser distraída.”
― Hilda Hilst, Fico besta quando me entendem: Entrevistas com Hilda Hilst

“Curiosity—asking questions—isn’t just a way of understanding the world. It’s a way of changing it.”
― Brian Grazer, A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life