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Quote by Carlos Drummond de Andrade

“Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved.”

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Carlos Drummond de Andrade was a renowned Brazilian poet, born on October 31, 1902, and passed away on August 17, 1987. His poetry, known for its simplicity and clarity, has been widely appreciated in Brazil and around the world. more

“All the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born. But before prehistory there was the prehistory of the prehistory and there was the never and there was the yes. It was ever so. I don’t know why, but I do know that the universe never began. Make no mistake, I only achieve simplicity with enormous effort.”

Knows World Said Universe Born Effort Mistake Achieve Simplicity Enormous Molecules Prehistory

Author:Clarice Lispector

“My life, the most truthful one, is unrecognizable, extremely interior, and there is no single word that gives it meaning.”

Giving Truthful Interiors Single Word

Author:Clarice Lispector

“Whether she won or lost, she would continue to wrestle with life. It would not be with her own life alone but with all of life. Something had finally been released within her. And there it was, the sea.”

Lost Sea

Book:An Apprenticeship, Or, The Book of Delights

Source: An Apprenticeship, Or, The Book of Delights

“Facts and particulars annoy me.”

Facts Annoying

Author:Clarice Lispector

“Do you know that hope sometimes consists only of a question without an answer?”

Knows Sometimes Answers Do You Know

Author:Clarice Lispector

“Holding someone's hand was always my idea of joy.”

Ideas Hands Joy

Author:Clarice Lispector

“Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land to install a military base, and he only wanted to plant a Venezuelan flag there?”

Ifs Littles Wanted Pieces Imagine Land Military Plant Flags Chavez Venezuelans

Author:Jose Saramago

“This must be what it means to be a ghost, being certain that life exists, because your four senses say so, and yet unable to see it.”

Mean Certain Four Senses Ghost

Author:Jose Saramago

“My best stories come from well-placed sources who point me in the right direction.”

Wells Stories Source Right Direction

Author:Wolf Blitzer

“If you are a reliable, honest journalist, sources will open up and trust you and share good information.”

Ifs Share Honest Information Source Journalist Good Information

Author:Wolf Blitzer

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