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“It was the encounter between the printed page and the oral culture, of which he was one embodiment, that led Menocchio to formulate -first for himsel, later for himself, later for his fellow villagers, and finally for the judges- the "opinions ... (that) came out of his head.”
― Carlo Ginzburg, The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller

“But what if someone could erase all memories of what she'd done?
No more guilt. No more nightmares. She wouldn't have flaring pockets in her memory like gaping wounds that hurt to touch. She wouldn't hear screams when she tried to sleep. She wouldn't see bodies burning every
time she closed her eyes.
Maybe that was the coward's haven. But she'd want it, too.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

“Cada mulher sabe a força da natureza que abriga na torrente que flui de sua vida.”
― Itamar Vieira Junior, Torto arado

“Vi tanta crueldade ao longo do tempo, e mesmo calejada me comovo ao ver os homens derramando sangue para destruir sonhos.”
― Itamar Vieira Junior, Torto arado