"When I am in the city I have the impression that I am in a living room with crystal chandeliers, rugs of velvet, and satin cushions. And when I'm in the favela I have the impression that I'm a useless object, destined to be forever in a garbage dump."

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Source : Carolina Maria de Jesus (2005). “Beyond All Pity”

Carolina Maria de Jesus

#Cities Quotes #Forever Quotes #Velvet Quotes

“I've always said I prefer theater, but there's only ever been one play that I really loved doing, and that was The Seagull.”
“God knew what we were before conversion - wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion - weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.”
“As with men, it has always seemed to me that books have their own peculiar destinies. They go towards the people who are waiting for them and reach them at the right moment. They are made of living material and continue to cast light through the darkness long after the death of their authors.”

Source : Miguel Serrano (1997). “C.G. Jung and Hermann Hesse: A Record of Two Friendships”, p.14, Daimon
“But I don't like working on lyrics publicly in the studio - I prefer to take them away and work on them in my bedroom.”
“Be interested rather than interesting”
“I didn't confess how wrecked I was. Let them keep thinking I was Superwoman if they wanted. I knew the truth.”
“To a man with an empty stomach food is God”
“An oppressed people will always rise.”

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