A child is the root of the heart.

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.

[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?

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

If teams keep playing us this way, it's going to be like this

Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.

I really wanted to go back to the theater, the live theater. That was the thing I had never had a chance to do, even though I had trained to be a stage actress.

Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision he makes and should just support that, you know, and be faithful in what happens.

I don’t believe in eye-for-an-eye. The most incredible, sustainable, beautiful movements have been non-violent movements of civil disobedience.

The blood of criminals fertilises the soil of liberty.

Anyone who acquires more than the usual amount of knowledge concerning a subject is bound to leave it as his contribution to the knowledge of the world.

It's a sin to bore people.

If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.