Status Updates From Kudos: A Novel

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“Somewhere along the line, she said, we have failed to promote our product, perhaps because the people who work in the literary world are those who secretly believe their interest in literature is a weakness
We publishers (…) proceed on the assumption that no one cares about books, whereas the makers of cornflakes convince everyone that the world needs cornflakes like it needs the sun to rise in the morning.”

“I have more than they will probably ever have, he said smiling, yet I appear to them as a tortured soul: they are always giving me advice designed to make me happier and more relaxed, and it is good advice, he said, but they don't seem to real-ise that if I took it the drama would be over and the world would have less interest for me.”

“It is almost a tragedy, he said, that the same people who are capable of wanting the jacaranda tree and understanding its beauty are incapable of nurturing one themselves.”

Voraz na leitura. Tentando abafar tudo que não é importante na minha cabeça.

“At least she loves my son, she said, although I've noticed that the people who love children the most often respect them the least.”