Daniel

“A autoridade policial, como seria de se esperar, apresentou números sóbrios e precisos, na tentativa de reduzir uma autêntica rebelião social à caricatura de uma baderna urbana: fútil, atabalhoada, inconsequente. [...] A matança coletiva dirige-se, via de regra, contra um objeto unificado por algum padrão abstrato que retira a humanidade das vítimas: uma seita, uma comunidade peculiar, uma facção política, uma cultura, uma etnia. Personificando nesse grupo assim circunscrito todo o mal e toda a ameaça à ordem das coisas, os executores se representam a si mesmos como herois redentores, cuja energia implacável esconjura a ameaça que pesa sobre o mundo”
― Nicolau Sevcenko, A Revolta da Vacina

“Aziraphale collected books. If he were totally honest with himself he would have to have admitted that his bookshop was simply somewhere to store them. He was not unusual in this. In order to maintain his cover as a typical second-hand book seller, he used every means short of actual physical violence to prevent customers from making a purchase. Unpleasant damp smells, glowering looks, erratic opening hours - he was incredibly good at it.”
― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“A good plan isn't one where someone wins, it's where nobody thinks they've lost.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents