Ipsis Verbis (6)

    - Falhámos a vida, menino!

- Creio que sim… Mas todo o mundo mais ou menos a falha. Isto é, falha-se sempre na realidade aquela vida que se planeou com a imaginação.

Eça de Queirós, Os Maias

Ipsis Verbis (5)

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.

Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

 

Ipsis Verbis (4)

Sofro muito! O que constituía a alegria e a ventura da minha existência, essa força divina e vivificante que criava mundos em roda de mim, desapareceu!

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, A Paixão do jovem Werther

Ipsis Verbis (3)

Man is a giddy thing.

William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

Ipsis Verbis (2)

          THRENODY

The south-wind brings
Life, sunshine, and desire,
And on every mount and meadow
Breathes aromatic fire;
But over the dead he has no power,
The lost, the lost, he cannot restore;
And, looking over the hills, I mourn
The darling who shall not return.

Ipsis Verbis (1)

“Era uma vez uma choupana que ardia na estrada; a dona, – um triste molambo de mulher, – chorava o seu desastre, a poucos passos, sentada no chão. Senão quando, indo a passar um homem ébrio, viu o incêndio, viu a mulher, perguntou-lhe se a casa era dela.

- É minha, sim, meu senhor; é tudo o que eu possuía neste mundo.

- Dá-me licença que acenda ali o meu charuto?”

Machado de Assis, Quincas Borba