Haustus Quotes

“How many secrets a painting can hide,” he replied, the curve of his mouth faint, as if savoring the line. He still didn’t look at me.
“That depends on who’s looking,” I countered. “Sometimes the secrets belong to the one projecting them, not the art itself.”
He let out a low, almost imperceptible chuckle—definitely mocking.
“Interesting theory. Though sometimes,” he added, finally turning his head toward me in deliberate slowness, “art simply reflects what one refuses to accept.”
― Gabriela T. Badra, Haustus

“I don’t like to talk about what once was. The past is a dead place, and those who cling to it end up buried alongside their ghosts,” he murmured at last, before returning to his newspaper, as if my existence were nothing more than an echo destined to fade.”
― Gabriela T. Badra, Haustus

“What if this was the reason? What if I had always been meant to arrive here, at this dark, dangerous crossroads? Maybe God, or the universe, or whatever watched from above, had decided it would be me who would bring down the corrupt organization that had been devouring innocent lives for so long.”
― Gabriela T. Badra, Haustus

“Life often delivers us unpleasant surprises,” he went on. “But I firmly believe everything has its reason. We must accept it, take the best from it, and move forward.”
― Gabriela T. Badra, Haustus