Home > Work > Here the Whole Time

Here the Whole Time QUOTES

Here the Whole Time QUOTES

1 " I'll never understand how someone half my size can manage to make me feel so small. "

― Vitor Martins , Here the Whole Time

2 " There's a scared lion in this book. He learns to be brave. Maybe you can, too," Grandma Thereza said, stroking my head as I scanned the illustrations on the pages, searching for a quick answer that wouldn't involve me reading the entire book.

Grandma was always like that. She always had the right book for the right occasion. And I, with nothing else to do that afternoon, sat in an armchair and started reading. I remember reading until my head hurt, and at the end of her workday, I hadn't finished yet. I took the book home, where I read it to the end. "

― Vitor Martins , Here the Whole Time

3 " Acho que eu sempre me mantive tão ocupado tentando não ficar mal, que eu acabei esquecendo de tentar ficar bem. "

― Vitor Martins , Here the Whole Time

4 " The whole world is yours. "

― Vitor Martins , Here the Whole Time

5 " I swear to you that one day things will get better. One day you’ll learn to like who you are a little better, and that’ll be reflected in what other people see when they look at you. There will always be assholes, but we learn to fight back. That’s the most important thing—to not put your head down, to fight for the right to marry who you love, for the right to have your body respected regardless of what it looks like or what you’re wearing. To fight for the right to walk down the street without being attacked for the color of your skin. "

― Vitor Martins , Here the Whole Time

6 " No one can protect us but ourselves,” she says, as if reading my thoughts. “But, look, Felipe, I swear to you that one day things will get better. One day you’ll learn to like who you are a little better, and that’ll be reflected in what other people see when they look at you. There will always be assholes, but we learn to fight back. "

― Vitor Martins , Here the Whole Time

7 " I'm afraid I'll seem too needy, or too clingy, or too dramatic. Just to be sure, I send a reply that makes me sound like all three: "

― Vitor Martins , Here the Whole Time

8 " Even though she’s thin, Melissa also feels insecure. Being thin is not a prize you win in the lottery of life that guarantees eternal happiness. "

― Vitor Martins , Here the Whole Time

9 " This is my daily live. But at school I'm always ready, always alert. It's as if my school uniform came with a shield, because I know that when the last bell rings, I'll go home and be all right. When I went out to get groceries, I didn't have my shield. I wasn't ready, and they caught me by surprise. "

― Vitor Martins , Here the Whole Time

10 " It's done. The word is out. The same way things changed when Caio said, "I'm gay," things change when I say, "I'm fat." Because *fat* is the kind of word people try to hide, no matter the cost. Everyone says "chubby" or "big boned," but never "FAT." *Fat* is a word you can never take back. When you declare something, even if it's obvious to everyone already, it becomes real. "

― Vitor Martins , Here the Whole Time

11 " E quando ele passa a mão no meu rosto para me dar mais um beijo, eu dou conta de que se a palavra 'lindo' tivesse um milhão de significados, Caio seria todos eles. "

― Vitor Martins , Here the Whole Time

12 " E quando ele passa a mão no meu rosto para me dar mais um beijo, eu me dou conta de que se a palavra 'lindo' tivesse um milhão de significados, Caio seria todos eles. "

― Vitor Martins , Here the Whole Time