“My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, emphatic, absolute. It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs.”
― Educated
― Educated
“Embora a realidade política seja eternamente destrutiva, dei e dou graças a Deus por ter como solo a América do Sul.”
― Prólogo, ato, epílogo: Memórias
― Prólogo, ato, epílogo: Memórias
“I've been lucky enough now in my life to meet all sorts of extraordinary and accomplished people - world leaders, inventors, musicians, astronauts, athletes, professors, entrepreneurs, artists and writers, pioneering doctors and researchers. Some (though not enough) of them are women. Some (though not enough) are black or of color. Some were born poor or have lives that to many of us would appear to have been unfairly heaped with adversity, and yet still they seem to operate as if they've had every advantage in the world. What I've learned is this: All of them have had doubters. Some continue to have roaring, stadium-sized collection of critics and naysayers who will shout I told you so at every little misstep or mistake. The noise doesn't go away, but the most successful people I know have figured out how to live with it, to lean on the people who believe in them, and to push onward with their goals.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“Era a Nossa Senhora da minha infância, do quadrinho na parede, da medalhinha. A propósito, sou mariana - com muita unção - porque vejo em Maria a primeira feminista poderosamente atuante ao dar a Deus a permissão de lhe gerar um filho nas entranhas: "Faça em mim segundo a Sua vontade".”
― Prólogo, ato, epílogo: memórias
― Prólogo, ato, epílogo: memórias
“When it came to the home-for-dinner dilemma, I installed new boundaries, ones that worked better for me and the girls. We made our schedule and stuck to it. ...It went back to my wishes for them to grow up strong and centered and also unaccommodating to any form of old-school patriarchy: I didn’t want them ever to believe that life began when the man of the house arrived home. We didn’t wait for Dad. It was his job now to catch up with us.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
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