Rascunho Em Quotes & Sayings

Do we tend to recall the most important parts of a novel or those that speak most directly to us, the truest lines or the flashiest ones? — Julian Barnes

Uncle alone in the house with the children said he'd dress up to amuse them. After a long wait, as he did not appear, they went down and saw a masked man putting the table silver into a bag. 'Oh, Uncle,' they cried in delight. 'Yes, isn't my make-up good?' said Uncle, taking his mask off. Thus goes the Hegelian syllogism of humour. Thesis: Uncle made himself up as a burglar (a laugh for the children); antithesis: it WAS a burglar (a laugh for the reader); synthesis: it still was Uncle (fooling the reader). — Vladimir Nabokov

Who am I, that you should love me? — Megan Whalen Turner

Did tragedy cause fissures, open them wider
or did tragedy merely turn on the light so you could see the fissure that had always been there? — Harlan Coben

I realize you don't understand you shouldn't argue with me, and so I'll explain it to you. Don't argue with me. — Julie Garwood