Mafalda Fernandes

“Until you step into the unknown, you don’t know what you’re made of.”
― Roy T. Bennett

“Strange can be quite normal. Strange can just be the phrase 'That is not important' as an answer for everything. But if your son never answered you that way before, then the fourth time you ask him why he's not eating, or if he's cold, or you send him to bed, and he answers, almost biting off the words as if he were still learning to talk, 'That is not important', I swear to you Amanda, your legs start to tremble.”
― Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream

“You can be a depressive and be happy, just as you can be a sober alcoholic.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

“Lo llamo "distancia de rescate", así llamo yo a la distancia variable que me separa de m hija y me paso la mitad del día calculándola, aunque siempre arriesgo más de lo que debería.”
― Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream