#p. 46

[everyillumi]

[bintsameer]

A bedouin asked the Prophet ﷺ:

“O messenger of Allaah! Who is the best of the people?”

He (ﷺ) said: “He whose life is long and his deeds are good.”

— at Tirmidhi 2329

[ourlittlesister2015]

Quando ouviu começara chorar. Era a primeira vez que chorava, não sabia que tinha tanta água nos olhos. Não chorava por causa da vida que levava: porque, não tendo conhecido outros modos de viver, aceitara que, com ela, era "assim". Mas também creio que chorava, porque, através da música, adivinhava talvez que havia outros modos de sentir, havia existências mais delicadas e até com um certo luxo de alma.

Clarice Lispector, A Hora da Estrela

[firstreadbooks]

It featured a sentence-to-corpse ratio of nearly 1:1, and I tore through it without even looking up. I liked Staff Sergeant Max Mayhem, even though he didn’t have much in the way of a technical personality, but mostly I liked that his adventures kept happening.

Chapter 3, p.46 (TFiOS)

There’s no wonder that the main character has nothing amounting to a personality: call me what you like, but how can there be anything in the way of character development when there’s just murder?

On the one hand, I do not see the point or relevance of this fictional book to the story. On the other, I’d much rather be reading that book over this one.

[alibellule]

Yotsuba & For All Eternity