Patricia

“In Tereza’s eyes, books were the emblems of a secret brotherhood. For she had but a single weapon against the world of crudity surrounding her: the novels. She had read any number of them, from Fielding to Thomas Mann. They not only offered the possibility of an imaginary escape from a life she found unsatisfying; they also had a meaning for her as physical objects: she loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. It had the same significance for her as an elegant cane from the dandy a century ago. It differentiated her from others.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“By being too sensitive I have wasted my life.”
― Arthur Rimbaud

“escribes poemas
porque necesitas
un lugar
en donde sea lo que no es”
― Alejandra Pizarnik

“Is not life in itself a thing of goodness, irrespective of whether the course it takes for us can be called a 'happy' one?”
― Thomas Mann