O que é o desejo do nosso coração?" "A vingança," a voz dele era baixa, como se tivesse receio de que alguém estivesse ouvindo. "A justiça," Príncipe Doran pressionou o dragão de ônix contra a palma da mão dela com seus dedos inchados e gotosos, e murmurou "Fogo e sangue.
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JOSé SARAMAGO O amor, presidindo a ação, insinuava o prazer e o gozo. E confesso, de bom grado, que me persuadi ... JOHN CLELAND O que parece haver de desprezo entre homem e homem, de indiferente que permite que se mate gente sem... FERNANDO PESSOA A maior necessidade do mundo é a de homens — homens que se não comprem nem se vendam; homens que... ELLEN G. WHITE As tecnologias digitais criam o ambiente propício para uma nova forma de bricolagem, ou "colagem li... LAWRENCE LESSIG O mito não passa da face misteriosa e oculta do Logos, que terá de ser continuamente por nós desv... ÂNGELO MONTEIRO Corrijam-se mutuamente, não com ódio, mas com paz, como vocês têm no Evangelho. E ninguém fale ... BARNABE – Assim, nós – dizia ele –, por que nós nos conhecemos? Que acaso o quis? É que através da... GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Quando brilhou a aurora, dissolveram-se Entre a luz as florestas encantadas Arvoredos azui... SOPHIA DE MELLO BREYNER ANDRESEN Parece que os velhos são capazes de ficar sentados um ao lado do outro sem dizerem nada e aind... NICHOLAS SPARKS Não exagero ao afirmar que o primeiro problema com que me defrontei na vida foi a questão da belez... YUKIO MISHIMA, 三島 由紀夫 Sim, em teoria, todos achamos que o importante é o bem-estar geral mesmo que isso implique uns... LUíS FILIPE CRISTóVãO O toque de alguém, dizia ele, é o verdadeiro lado de cá da pele. Quem não é tocado não se cobr... VALTER HUGO MãE Evitar a felicidade com medo de que ela acabe, é o melhor meio de se tornar infeliz. ALBERT EINSTEIN O camarada Lenis nos ensinou que [...] na guerra dos exércitos, não se pode atingir o objetivo est... ANTONIO GRAMSCI Dizem que o tempo sara todas as feridas. Talvez seja verdade. Mas há feridas que parecem não sarar... JOSé SARAMAGO Percebi então, o crepúsculo,é apenas uma ilusão, porque o sol ou está acima ou abaixo do horizo... NICHOLAS SPARKS - OK, suponhamos que vai à copa - disse ela -, e duas pessoas que quem gosta estão lá, suponhamos... EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL ...a vida humana é convívio. Para o ser humano, viver é conviver. É justamente na convivência, ... KáTIA ROCHA Esse protecionismo não visa proteger os artistas. Na verdade, esse é um protecionismo que visa pro... LAWRENCE LESSIG A questão é: você já reparou como nós esmagamos uma barata numa boa e não sentimos remorso nen... CAMILO GOMES JR. A Hazel é diferente. Ela caminha com leveza, velhote. Caminha com leveza sobre a Terra. A Hazel sab... JOHN GREEN Aceitamos a designação de municipalista; aceitamo-la da boca da democracia. Toca-nos provar ... ALEXANDRE HERCULANO Às vezes me lembro dele. Sem rancor, sem saudade, sem tristeza. Sem nenhum sentimento especial a n�... CAIO FERNANDO ABREU [...] o futuro era um leque de possibilidades, não apenas uma trilha única e inalterável. Contudo... MARY JO PUTNEY Vai chegar um dia em que todos vamos estar mortos. Todos nós. Vai chegar um dia em que não vai sob... JOHN GREEN Não tenhas medo, ouve: É um poema Um misto de oração e de feitiço... Sem qualque... MIGUEL TORGA Não é por meio de debates e discussões que a mente é iluminada. Devemos olhar e viver. Nicodemos... ELLEN G. WHITE - Não sei se interprete as suas palavras como um galanteio, se não - replicou Scarlett, indecisa.<... MARGARET MITCHELL Ela afastou ligeiramente o cobertor; um assomo de raiva perpassou-lhe o olhar, endurecendo o rosto, ... JOãO TORDO A minha vida durante esses vinte e tal anos foi rio correndo, saltando, descendo montanhas, se espra... BOAVENTURA CARDOSO É só que eu não quero ser a paixonite de ninguém. Se alguém gosta de mim, eu quero que goste de... STEPHEN CHBOSKY - Falhamos a vida, menino! - Creio que sim... Mas todo o mundo mais ou menos a falha. Isto é,... 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NICHOLAS SPARKS Clark observa a actividade nocturna na pista, os aviões que estão parados à vinte anos, o reflexo... EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL O esclavagismo tem diversas versões; múltiplos regímenes. Não tem sempre a mesma forma. Nuns cas... LUíS NOVAIS [...] tenho de ouvir Mary Elizabeth falar sem parar de todas as coisas importantes que ela me mostra... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Amanda olhou para ele - Tens de compreender que já não sou a rapariga que era dantes. Sou casada e... NICHOLAS SPARKS É assim a vida, vai dando com uma mão até que chega o dia em que tira tudo com a outra. JOSé SARAMAGO É estranho como tudo pode voltar ao que era antes tão de repente quanto mudou originalmente. E qua... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Aqueles que apreciam posições de grande influência e de segurança financeira talvez achem que o ... ELLEN G. WHITE As crianças, disse Caim, aquelas crianças estavam inocentes, Meu deus, murmurou Abraão e a s... 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MARTIN Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Winter is coming. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The things I do for love. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You are your mother's trueborn son of Lannister." "Am I?" the dwarf replied, sardonic. "D... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Life is not a song, sweetling. Someday you may learn that, to your sorrow. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Every flight begins with a fall. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Remember Old Nan's stories, Bran. Remember the way she told them, the sound of her voice. So long as... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The hotel bar was quiet and dark, with the kind of mood that promotes good talk and serious drinking... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The rat squealed as he bit into it, squirming wildly in his hands, frantic to escape. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If the novels are still being read in 50 years, no one is ever going to say: ‘What’s great about... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He found Podrick Payne asleep in a chair outside the door of the solar, and shook him by the shoulde... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN No Queen has clean hands. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Once she had loved Prince Joffrey with all her heart, and admired and trusted her his mother, the qu... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN And any man who must say 'I am king' is no true king at all. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Keep walking. If I look back I am lost. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends," Ser Jorah told her... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You know nothing, Jon Snow. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN She had no time for sleep, with the weight of the world upon her shoulders. And she feared to dream.... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN As Daenerys Targaryen rose to her feet, her black hissed, pale smoke venting from its mouth and nost... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A sword needs a sheath, heh, and a wedding needs a bedding. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My sister has mistaken me for a mushroom. She keeps me in the dark and feeds me shit. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A man can make do with seven fingers. Seven is a sacred number. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN What sort of gods make rats and plagues and dwarfs? GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some woman, no doubt. Most of them are." He favored Jon with a rueful grin. "Remember this, boy. All... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Oh, I think not,” Varys said, swirling the wine in his cup. “Power is a curious thing, my lord. ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on pa... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Aemon’s blind white eyes came open. “Egg?” he said, as the rain streamed down his cheeks. “E... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves? GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A lion doesn't concern itself with the opinion of sheep. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He has hands like two white spiders. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He has an old man's caution and a young man's ambition, and has never lacked for cunning. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A son for a son, heh. But that's a grandson...and he never was much use." --Walder Frey GEORGE R.R. MARTIN But my philosophy is that plot advancement is not what the experience of reading fiction is about. I... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Plots within plots, but all roads lead down the dragon’s gullet. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sorcery was a sword without a hilt. There is no sfe way to grasp it. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sorcery was a sword without a hilt. There is no safe way to grasp it. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sorcery is a sword without a hilt. There is no safe way to grasp it. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Is that gallantry I smell, or just stupidity? The two scents are much alike, as I recall. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN In King's Landing there are two sorts of people; the players and the pieces. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN All the color had been leached from Winterfell until only grey and white remained. The Stark colo... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The ground was so far below him, he could barely make it out through the grey mists that whirled aro... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It takes courage to admit fear. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Be careful you don't cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with.' 'Girls don't shav... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some men think because they're afraid to do . GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You cannot tame a dragon with a history lesson. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Harsh justice is still justice. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Never forget what you are the rest of the world will not. Wear it like armour and it can never be us... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A man can own a woman or a man can own a knife, but no man can own both. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We Lannisters do have a certain pride," said Tyrion Lannister. “Pride?” Catelyn snapp... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Do you think it will truly come to battle between them? If they should come to some accord—” GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Yours was the hand that threw him. You meant for him to die.” His chains chinked softly. “I... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I value my privacy, and if sometimes my actions seem strange or arbitrary or capricious, I do not wa... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am Thunder and Thunder is me, we are one beast, we are joined, we are one. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Control your generosity when dealing with a chronic borrower. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The living have no place at the feasts of the dead. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I love the juice but I loathe sticky fingers. Clean hands, Sansa. Whatever you do, make certain your... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A harp can be a dangerous as a sword, in the right hands. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN No man is accursed as the kinslayer. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The kinslayer is accursed in the eyes of gods and men, GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It is too late for ifs, and too late for rescues,” Catelyn said. “All that remains is vengeance. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Wolves never cry. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN They held each other close and turned their backs upon the end. The hills that split asunder an... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The watcher on the walls. The sword in the darkness. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Why won't they let me be? I just need to rest, that's all, to rest and sleep some, and maybe die a l... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It was queer how sometimes a child's innocent eyes can see things that grown men are blind to. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He drew the dagger and laid it on the table between them; a length of dragonbone and Valyrian steel,... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sometimes the storm winds blow so strong a man has no choice but to furl his sails. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Jon:'What are you doing up there? Why aren't you at the feast?' Tyrion: 'Too hot, too noisy, an... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN and take the ironmen in the rear while they are beating off what they think is my main thrust up the... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Bad and worse and worst makes a beggar's choice. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Oh, yes. Choosing... it has always hurt. And always will. I know. -Maester Aemon Targaryen, A G... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Her name is Brienne," Jaime said. "Brienne, the maid of Tarth. You are still maiden, I hope?"... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Better to live shamed than die proud. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The crow commands, the captive must obey. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am alive, and drunk on sunlight. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some allies are more dangerous than enemies. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My enemies are legion. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN How can you still count yourself a knight, when you have forsaken every vow you ever swore?" <... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You are Arya of Winterfell, daughter of the North. You told me you could be strong. You have the wol... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Politicians were mostly people who'd had too little morals and ethics to stay lawyers. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work ag... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN