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“Empires are born. Empires reach their peak. Empires die. Death is never pretty. (...) Is it that the good die young, or is it simply that the old turn bad and mad?”
― Kieron Gillen, The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 5: Imperial Phase, Part 1

“Not for you,” Lila replies ardently, “you’re my brilliant friend, you have to be the best of all, boys and girls.”
― Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend

“Um homem chega perto dum rio e diz admirar os peixes porque nadam felizes. O outro pergunta-lhe assim: «Se não és peixe, como sabes que os peixes estão felizes?» E o primeiro responde: «E se tu não és eu, como sabes que eu não sei se os peixes estão felizes?”
― Afonso Cruz, Os Livros Que Devoraram o Meu Pai

“There’s no such thing as normal people, I said, a desperate flailing. “There’s just people, and some of them are miserable, and some of them are happy, and you’ve the same right to be happy as any of them—no more and no less.”
― Naomi Novik, The Last Graduate