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1 " We all spend our lives living beside the people we could have been. "
― Richard Zimler , The Warsaw Anagrams
2 " In death, we never much resemble who we were in life, for all the mystery is gone. "
― Richard Zimler
3 " Doubts are good; they are proof that our minds are sojourning in lands far from home. "
4 " A history made of 'ifs' - such is the life of mortal men" The Gospel According to Lzarus "
― Richard Zimler , The Gospel According to Lazarus
5 " How many of us never find a way to say the one thing we must? "
6 " Blessed are all of God's self-portraits. "
― Richard Zimler , The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon (The Sephardic Cycle, #1)
7 " God comes to each of us in the form we can best perceive Him. To you, just now, He was a heron. To someone else, He might come as a flower or even a breeze. "
8 " Bruheem kol dumuyay eloha! Blessed are all God's self-portraits. "
9 " Portugal é o país onde as regras são meras sugestões. "
10 " Por vezes, penso que a esperança não pertence unicamente a cada um, que existe como um éter que se infiltra dentro de nós no momento do nascimento." in Meia-Noite ou O Princípio do Mundo. "
11 " Só te suplico que não subas tão alto que eu te perca de vista "
12 " Do you know what it means to look at a headless baby sitting in a shovel? It is as if all the languages in the world have been forgotten, as if all the books ever written have been given up to dust. And that you are glad of it. Because such people as we have no right to speak or write or leave any trace for history. "
13 " We owe uniqueness to our dead at the very least "
14 " Hope that one has chanced upon the road back to the way things used to be is apparently a strong desire in those who’ve been locked outside their previous lives. "
15 " When loved ones depart forever, all that remains is the light from their eyes trapped in their jewelry. Beyond memory, it is the only souvenir we ever keep. "
16 " I squat on my heels by his side and move my palm over him - a finger's-width distant - so that I might feel my ache of longing for him as a deep and essential part of me before I let it go "
17 " La crueldad gratuita... Hay que reconocer que no pasa nunca de moda, y los nazis la habían elevado a la categoría de filosofía. "
18 " Paraíso e Inferno são o mar e o céu (...) E tu és o horizonte "
19 " you can never predict how you will behave when you stand before the tower of vengeance you have erected. "
20 " Se descermos até à cave, se descermos até às profundezas, encontramos velhos amigos de quem nos esquecemos, que nos abraçam. Por uns breves momentos tudo é como deveria ter sido. "
― Richard Zimler , Os Dez Espelhos de Benjamin Zarco
