he kept thinking of his wife, Betsy, and he wanted to howl. He understood only this: that he deserved all of it. He deserved the fact that right now he wore a pad in his underwear because of prostate surgery, he deserved it; he deserved his daughter not wanting to speak to him because for years he had not wanted to speak to her - she was gay; she was a gay woman, and this still made a small wave of uneasiness move through him. Betsy, though, did not deserve to be dead. He deserved to be dead, but Betsy did not deserve that status [...] 

When his wife was dying, she was the one who was furious. She said, "I hate you." And he said, " I don't blame you." She said, "Oh, stop it." But he had meant it - how could he blame her? He could not blame her. And the last thing she said to him was: "I hate you because I'm going to die and you're going to live."

As he glanced up a seagull, he thought, But I'm not living, Betsy. What a terrible joke it has been. 

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

Eu aprenderei a partir sem conhecer 

para onde vou nem olharei para trás

eu aprenderei que o presente é o presente 

António Ramos Rosa in  O INCÊNDIO DOS ASPECTOS  - Obra Poética I

Assírio & Alvim (2018)

e a suspensão de asas negras dos invasores celestes precipita até se confundir com o pesado voo dos néscios e cagantes pombos citadinos

Italo Calvino  - Palomar (1983)

Planeta DeAgostini (2001)

Já notei que a maior parte dos homens se sente açulada e indignada quando, em pleno combate moral, recorremos à ternura e ao afecto. É vê-los feras amansadas e apanhadas de surpresa assim que recorremos à violência ou à dureza (...) Realidade estranha e deplorável, pois, em muitos casos, é igualmente aplicável à amizade (...) Quando não é refreado nem reprimido, o homem aproveita imediatamente para cometer abusos. Despreza quem o receia e maltrata quem o ama; receia quem o despreza e ama quem o maltrata. 

George Sand – Diário Íntimo

Antígona (2004)

Era un hombre con un gran sentido de la mesura, que se sentía a gusto con la idea de distanciarse del mundo para entenderlo 

David Foenkinos - La biblioteca de los libros rechazados (2016)
Titulo original: Le Mystère Henri Pick
Traducción de María Teresa Gallego Urrutia y Amaya García Gallego
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial S.A.U. (febrero, 2017)