Hard Times

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only."

Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

Acho que hoje em dia se trata do oposto... vivemos em tempos em que o superlativo já não faz sentido, porque tudo é relativo, tudo é moderado...

Think about it...

As fontes

Um dia quebrarei todas as pontes
Que ligam o meu ser vivo e total,
À agitação do mundo irreal,
E calma subirei até às fontes.

Irei até às fontes onde mora
A plenitude, o límpido esplendor
Que me foi prometido em cada hora,
E na face incompleta do amor.

Irei beber a luz e o amanhecer
Irei beber a voz dessa promessa
Que às vezes como um voo me atravessa,
E nela cumprirei todo o meu ser.


Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

Think about it...