Carolina Maria De Jesus Quotes

The book is man's best invention so far.

Who has gone hungry learns to think of the future and of the children.

we are slaves to the cost of living.

A child is the root of the heart.

[On Brazil:] In our country everything is weakening. The money is weak. Democracy is weak and the politicians are very weak. Everything that is weak dies one day.

We have only one way to be born and many ways to die.

a poet will even face death when he sees his people oppressed.

will there ever be a drama more beautiful than that of eating?