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Ondjaki QUOTES

Ondjaki QUOTES

1 " The window of her sadness was so vast that it almost opened a path to her soul. "

― Ondjaki , The Whistler

2 " The endlessness of the extent of that whistle resulted, without a doubt, also in an enormous metaphysical knowledge of the art of whistling, which mingled, not just with the hearing of people, but extended, in an incisive manner, to the depths of their souls, the protected corner where each one hid their things- that frightening cave, which many call the centre of their being. "

― Ondjaki , The Whistler

3 " No matter how great the love, the pain, the sadness, the power of a heart, no one can recreate the sea. Nowhere else. "

― Ondjaki , The Whistler

4 " The morning was, therefore, a mixture of a plenitude of densities, from the presence of the placid birds, to the mundane premonition, to the spring of small glisters which accompanied that autumnal rain. The music, in a simple whistle, recreated a new universe with the parish and all the hearts that were witness to it- padre, pigeons, swallows, the world!- were clothed in a new carnivalesque colouring: a celebration from within. "

― Ondjaki , The Whistler

5 " ... after daybreak is when I will already have died. At that moment I will only know of beautiful things: the certainties, the desires. When the sun bathes me, I will be something else: without mirrors, without sadness. I will have passed away, but will have been reborn. I will whistle mellifluous melodies. Discredited but, in the end, light. "

― Ondjaki , The Whistler

6 " The elders say- difficult to prove- that winged creatures also dream. The birds are lovers of heights, always searching out landing spots, never constant here at the foot of the human race. 'It's that they discovered a magical advantage...' they say, 'the sound of silence.'
At the foot of the clouds the raindrops come earlier, it's true, and the silence of the sky is something unattainable for those who don't fly- we have never experimented. The dream of the birds was that man of them headed for a land where they experienced a similar magic to that lived by them.
In the final analysis, music is the only human sound similar to that of silence. "

― Ondjaki , The Whistler

7 " The sound circulated like an autonomous being whose tentacles needed to experience a sensitive awareness of the terrain. "

― Ondjaki , The Whistler

8 " It was normal for it to rain, but in October- who could forget the rains of October?- now this disturbingly silent rain was falling. That was so nebulous that it was pretty; that, if it had not been wet, no one would have believed it was raining; that was so slow that it was possible to follow its fall with one's eyes. That which villagers called 'the rains of October' was the accumulation of the serenity of such a life. Eyes almost broke into tears on looking at the sun subdividing itself, at the end of the afternoon, in each drop of that snail's-pace precipitation, as if the great star had dissolved each day an infinitesimal bit more. "

― Ondjaki , The Whistler

9 " The night was so balmy that breathing ceased to be a habitual sensation, becoming much closer to something like the gaseous ingestion of a mango, the velvet caress of a hand or the soft skin of a fresh peach. Sleeping, lying down or sitting up, was, on that night, a divine human penitence, a miracle unexpected and unrealized, intuitive and peaceful in a unique opportunity. "

― Ondjaki , The Whistler

10 " a poesia não é a chuva, é o barulho da chuva. "

― Ondjaki , Uma Escuridão Bonita

11 " The multitude was a frothing octopus, pulsating anthropomorphically over the church steps. "

― Ondjaki , The Whistler

12 " - Quantas noites dura este martírio?
A mulher já não sorria. Nem pestaneja.
- Não é um martírio. É uma escolha. Cada um suporta o peso da espera que deseja.
- Quantas noites?
- Quinhentas. Mas você não estará aqui para saber o final desta estória. "

― Ondjaki

13 " -Se é hora de sorrir, deves sorrir.
-Se precisas de chorar, deves chorar. "

― Ondjaki , Ombela

14 " Num qualquer futuro, onde eu encontrar cheiro de abacate, ela vai estar um bocadinho lá. "

― Ondjaki , Uma Escuridão Bonita

15 " a jangada é um desrespeitamento flutuante que aconteceu no rio. "

― Ondjaki , Há Prendisajens com o Xão

16 " jangada: sítio sem explicamento. onde pondo os pés se sente uma picada de sonho. ponte de levar pessoa para outros mundos, nem sempre tão aquáticos. madeirume. mansa maneira de tirar férias da existência mundhumana. "

― Ondjaki , Há Prendisajens com o Xão

17 " Esse era o problema de falar com pessoas de Portugal, havia palavras que eles não entendiam. "

― Ondjaki , Good Morning Comrades

18 " Era, no fundo, o que trazia todas as pessoas àquele local: a magia de renovaro ógão primeiro, o bombeador de sensações, a casa mais íntima de um ser humano. "

― Ondjaki , E Se Amanhã o Medo

19 " Depois das mãos e dos lábios, os nossos corações acelerados eram um único chuvisco de contenteza. Até acreditei que dentro de nós havia um cheiro de terra depois de chover. "

― Ondjaki , Uma Escuridão Bonita

20 " A sede morreu, fácil, mas a senhora mantinha a torneira da ternura virada para ele, masngueirando-lhe os olhos enormes, belos, que mexiam de tanta encabulação. "

― Ondjaki , E Se Amanhã o Medo