Não sou sinuosa nem suave; sento-me entre vós enfrentando a vossa apatia com a minha dureza 

Virginia Woolf – As Ondas (1931)

Colecção Mil Folhas / Bibliotex SL / M.E.D.I.A.S.A.T. e Promoway Portugal Ltda (2002)

🥂🎂

Olive was furious. "I don't fly first-class," she said.

Jack had laughed. "You don't fly anywhere," he said, and that made her angrier.

"I'm not flying first-class. It's obscene."

"Obscene?" Jack sat down at the kitchen table and watched her, still with amusement in his face. "I like obscene." When she didn't answer him he said, "You know what, Olive? You're a snob."

"I'm the opposite of a snob."

Jack laughed a long time. "You think being a reverse snob is not being a snob? Olive, you're a snob." Then he leaned forward and said, "Oh come on, Olive. For Christ's sake. I'm seventy-eight years old, I have money, you have money - though, yes 

Elizabeth Strout – Olive, Again (2019)
Penguin Random House UK (2019)

«Há um olho em cada pedra

Uma pedra em cada olhar

Um pedreiro à tua espreita

Que te há de apedrejar»

José Eduardo Agualusa – A Conjura (1989)

Quetzal Editores (2017)

"But I haven't had it for a few years, and so I wonder: Did I make it up? But I know I didn't, Bernie [...] But whenever someone says they're an atheist, I always privately have this bad reaction, and they give all the obvious reasons, you know, kids get cancer, earthquakes kill people, all that kind of stuff. But when I hear them, I think: But you are barking up the wrong tree."

Elizabeth Strout – Olive, Again (2019)
Penguin Random House UK (2019)

Oak Trees
R. Ellison

"People live with things," Bernie said. "They do. I am always amazed at what people live with."

Elizabeth Strout – Olive, Again (2019)
Penguin Random House UK (2019)

" [...] Have a cry like you've never had in your life. And when you're done, get yourself something to eat. I bet you haven't eaten a thing all day."

"You're right, I haven't. And I will eat something, I promise. But I don't feel like crying anymore, Bernie. I feel... I feel like I could practically sing."

"Then do that," he said.

Elizabeth Strout – Olive, Again (2019)
Penguin Random House UK (2019)

Riram-se. Era sempre a melhor maneira de se excluírem das próprias fraquezas. 

Agustina Bessa-Luís – Fanny Owen (1979)

Colecção Mil Folhas / Bibliotex SL / M.E.D.I.A.S.A.T. e Promoway Portugal Ltda (2002)

- Olha que a literatura deve mais ao diabo do que aos santos. O diabo é magnífico se o encararmos pelo lado bom - disse José Augusto, com uma risadinha abafada.

- Mas o diabo não existe.

- Quando ele faz crer que não existe é porque está a tramar alguma coisa muito especial. 

Agustina Bessa-Luís – Fanny Owen (1979)

Colecção Mil Folhas / Bibliotex SL / M.E.D.I.A.S.A.T. e Promoway Portugal Ltda (2002)

- Que surpresa! Parece muito melhor.

- Não estou. Em coisas do coração não há curas. Há só fases do mesmo mal. 

Agustina Bessa-Luís – Fanny Owen (1979)

Colecção Mil Folhas / Bibliotex SL / M.E.D.I.A.S.A.T. e Promoway Portugal Ltda (2002)

Pior do que a injustiça, só a imoralidade, senhor. E então vinda de quem se preocupava tanto com a caridadezinha... 

João de Melo – Gente Feliz Com Lágrimas (1988)

Colecção Mil Folhas / M.E.D.I.A.S.A.T. e Promoway Portugal Ltda (2002)