POST-FÁCIO

POST- FÁCIO CURTO DO AUTOR

Tantas “coisas” que se têm passado na minha vida e de que tenho sido atento observador e participante, algumas delas talvez possam eventualmente ter algum interesse para passar a terceiros

Os livros têm momentos. Surgem de uma inspiração íntima como se uma força os fizesse explodir, acontecer.

Por boas ou más razões, por dores ou alegrias. Às vezes a tristeza é um bom incentivo.

“São as minhas confissões e, se nelas nada digo, é que nada tenho para dizer.”

Fernando Pessoa (Bernardo Soares - Livro do Desassossego)

‘Everyone “writes” in a way; that is, each person has a “story”—a personal narrative—which is constantly being replayed, revised, taken apart, and put together again. The significant points in this narrative change as a person ages—what may have been tragedy at twenty is seen as comedy or nostalgia at forty. All children “write.” (And paint, and sing.) I suppose the real question is why do so many people give it up. Intimidation, I suppose. Fear of not being good. Lack of time.’

Margaret Atwood

‘If you are expecting someone to come to tea but you’re not going to be there, they may not come, and if I were them, I wouldn’t come. So, writing a book is about receptivity and being home when your guest is expected, or even when you hope that they will come.’

Alice Walker

Em Lisboa, aos 11 de maio de 2018