He had spent seven years of his life with Tereza, and now he realised that those years were more attractive in retrospect than they were when he was living them.

A person who longs to leave the place where he lives is an unhappy person.

For there is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels with someone, for someone, a pain intensified by th…

To love someone out of compassion means not really to love.

E o abade pancudo que a tardinha, a varanda, palita o dente furado saboreando o seu cafe com um ar paterno, traz dentro em si os indistintos restos dum Torquem…

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

To understand a man, you must know his memories. The same is true of a nation.