Drummond De Andrade Quotes & Sayings

Always in my love, sudden night.
Always in myself, my enemy.
And always in my always, the same absence. — Carlos Drummond De Andrade

Mankind's glorious and people's happy ending is inevitable. No one will be left behind. — Stefan Emunds

Only a writer holds conversations between people that don't exist. We don't talk to ourselves. We talk to people we created from nothing.
#FromTheInternet #AuthorUnknown — Unknown

What we make is more important than what we are, particularly if making is our profession. — Dorothy L. Sayers

What's near and dear to my heart is cooperative conservation. — Gale Norton

It doesn't matter what product or service you're offering; there is unlimited ability to improve the quality of anything. — Tom Peters

If the afternoon had been blue,
there might have been less desire. — Carlos Drummond De Andrade

Mma Ramotswe was right: evil repaid with retribution, with punishment, had achieved half its goal; evil repaid with kindness was shown to be what it really was, a small, petty thing, not something frightening at all, but something pitiable, a paltry affair. — Alexander McCall Smith

When I was ten years old, I saw a big, fat beetle get squished. I don't recall the circumstances, but that's not important. It's the result that stuck with me. The beetle's thick, viscous insides so closely resembled a crushed blueberry that, to this day, I can't eat raw blueberries without feeling nauseous. — Jeremy Robinson

Poetry is necessary, but is the poet? — Carlos Drummond De Andrade

I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person. — Tamala Jones

Universe, vast universe, my heart is vaster. — Carlos Drummond De Andrade

Getting to the Olympics was, has always been, my swimming dream since I was 8 or 9 years old. You know, right after I started swimming it was, 'I want to make an Olympic team. That's where I want to be.' — Eric Shanteau

In Stage I, divorces were not allowed, so men's [sexual] affairs did not put women's economic security in jeopardy; in Stage II, affairs could lead to divorce, so men's affairs did place women's economic security in jeopardy. We did not want political leaders who would be role models for behavior that would put women's economic security in jeopardy. — Warren Farrell

Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved. — Carlos Drummond De Andrade

Obviously you would call them Malec," said Beatriz. "Are you stupid, Simon? — Cassandra Clare

Be happy for no reason is the most authentic form of happiness — Carlos Drummond De Andrade

His brand of sex comes with a warning label. — Belle Aurora