"Brazil" Quotes
"Brazil" by John Updike is a vivid travelogue capturing the author's experiences and observations during a carnival journey through Brazil, blending cultural insights with personal reflection.
fiction | 272 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.
It is easy to forget how mysterious and mighty stories are.
We are the storytellers, the shapers of memory and myth.
The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other.
The only thing I know is that I know nothing.
The past beats inside me like a second heart.
We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.
I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.
