Carlos Drummond de Andrade

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”

“To be happy without a reason is the most authentic form of happiness.”

“In the middle of the road there was a stone, there was a stone in the middle of the road.”

“And now, José? The party is over, the light is out, the people have gone, the night is cold, and now, José?”

“World, world, vast world, if my name were Raimundo, it would be a rhyme, it would not be a solution.”

“Love is what reveals itself, not what is hidden.”

“Wasting time learning things that do not interest us, prevents us from discovering interesting things.”

“It is easy to dream every night. It is difficult to fight for a dream.”

“What saves us is to take a step, and another step.”