Bruno

“When you're born a light is switched on, a light which shines up through your life. As you get older the light still reaches you, sparkling as it comes up through your memories. And if you're lucky as you travel forward through time, you'll bring the whole of yourself along with you, gathering your skirts and leaving nothing behind, nothing to obscure the light. But if a Bad Thing happens part of you is seared into place, and trapped for ever at that time. The rest of you moves onward, dealing with all the todays and tomorrows, but something, some part of you, is left behind. That part blocks the light, colours the rest of your life, but worse than that, it's alive. Trapped for ever at that moment, and alone in the dark, that part of you is still alive.”
― Michael Marshall Smith, Only Forward

“...the wicked lie, that the past is always tense and the future, perfect.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth

“Grown-ups don't look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they're big and thoughtless and they always know what they're doing. Inside, they look just like they always have. Like they did when they were your age. Truth is, there aren't any grown-ups. Not one, in the whole wide world.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“Quando for grande, quero ser de outra maneira. Quero ser longe. Eu respondia: ninguém é longe. As pessoas são sempre perto de alguma coisa e perto delas mesmas. A minha irmã dizia: são. Algumas pessoas são longe. Quando for grande quero ser longe.”
― Valter Hugo Mãe, A Desumanização