Nuno Ribeiro > Nuno's Quotes

“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
― Voltaire

“Remember that day I made you the elevator?” he suddenly asks.

I give him a faint smile. “How could I forget?”

“That was the day I had my first kiss.”

My smile fades.

“I’m better now,” He sets the apple beside me. “At kissing, just so you know.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door

“I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn't change the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Éramos os eleitos do sol
E nem demos conta
Fomos os eleitos da mais alta estrela
E não soubemos responder à sua dádiva
Angústia de impotência
A água amava-nos
A terra amava-nos
As selvas eram nossas
O êxtase era o nosso próprio espaço
O teu olhar era o universo frente a frente
A tua beleza era o som do amanhecer
A primavera amada pelas árvores
Agora somos uma tristeza contagiosa
Uma morte antes do tempo
A alma que não sabe em que lugar se encontra
O Inverno nos ossos sem qualquer relâmpago
E tudo isto porque não soubeste o que é a eternidade
Nem compreendeste a alma da minha alma no seu barco de trevas
No seu trono de águia ferida de infinito”
― Vicente Huidobro

“He whispers, "You have no idea how much I've thought about you. How many times I've dreamt"-he takes a tight breath- "how many times I've dreamt about being this close to you." He moves to run a hand through his hair before he changes his mind. Looks down. Looks up. "God, Juliette, I'd follow you anywhere. You're the only good thing left in this world.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
― Charles Bukowski

“É muito difícil ler os clássicos; logo a culpa é dos clássicos. Hoje o estudante faz valer a sua incapacidade como um privilégio. Eu não consigo aprender isto, portanto alguma coisa está errada nisto. E há especialmente alguma coisa errada com o mau professor que quer ensinar tal matéria. Deixou de haver critérios - para só haver opiniões.”
― Philip Roth, The Human Stain

“A leitura é como que uma droga que confere um adormecimento agradável aos contornos da crueldade da vida.”
― Imre Kertész