I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. They thought nobody can make a living from being a writer in Brazil. They were not wrong.

Possibly. Basically,everything that happens in our life is our fault and ours alone. A lot of people go through the same difficulties we went through, and they react completely differently. We looked for the easiest way out: a separate reality.

I don't see any reason why I should look for someone who never took the trouble to love me.

Love is what dreams are made of!

...he learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke-the language that everyone on earth was capable of understanding in their heart. It was love.

He rarely knows the result of a battle when the battle is over.

I will never be yours, and you will never be mine; nevertheless, I can honestly say: I love you, I love you, I love you.