Mariana Fonseca

“She raised her chin and looked him in the eye. “You see a river rushing by without end. You see a sad collection of women with thimbles, all dipping out an inconsequential amount.”

He didn’t say anything.

“But we’re not trying to empty the Thames,” she told him. “Look at what we’re doing with the water we remove. It doesn’t go to waste. We’re using it to water our gardens, sprout by sprout. We’re growing bluebells and clovers where once there was a desert. All you see is the river, but I care about the roses.”
― Courtney Milan, The Suffragette Scandal

“É este afinal o sentido da literatura da vida real. Ou pelo menos um deles. Tentar amalgamar pela linguagem o que foi separado pela carne. Mas a palavra é desde sempre insuficiente para abarcar a vida e aquele que escreve se condena ao fracasso.”
― Eliane Brum, Meus Desacontecimentos: A História da Minha Vida Com as Palavras

“I love you more than I hate everything else.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Landline

“Neal didn't take Georgie's breath away. Maybe the opposite. But that was okay--that was really good, actually, to be near someone who filled your lungs with air.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Landline