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Yes, I did it.
I wrote it!
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When I saw you I fell in love,
and you smiled because you knew.
William Shakespeare
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Ele não sabia que era impossível. Foi lá e fez.
Jean Cocteau
Lembrei-me do belo clássico de Lou Reed.
Lou Reed - Perfect Day
... For me it happens all the time...
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Picture perfect memories,
Scattered all around the floor.
Reaching for the phone cause, I can’t fight it any more.
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind.
For me it happens all the time.
It’s a quarter after one, I’m all alone and I need you now.
Said I wouldn’t come but I lost all control and I need you now.
And I don’t know how I can do without, I just need you now.
Another shot of whiskey, can’t stop looking at the door.
Wishing you’d come sweeping in the way you did before.
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind.
For me it happens all the time.
It’s a quarter after one, I’m a little drunk,
And I need you now.
Said I wouldn’t call but I lost all control and I need you now.
And I don’t know how I can do without, I just need you now.
Yes I’d rather hurt than feel nothing at all.
It’s a quarter after one, I’m all alone and I need you now.
And I said I wouldn’t call but I’m a little drunk and I need you now.
And I don’t know how I can do without, I just need you now.
I just need you now.
Lady Antebellum, Need You Now
* Lady Antebellum - Need You Now *
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O mundo é grande e cabe
nesta janela sobre o mar.
O mar é grande e cabe
na cama e no colchão de amar.
O amor é grande e cabe
no breve espaço de beijar.
Carlos Drummond de Andrade
O Mundo é Grande in “Amar se Aprende Amando”
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One night I had a dream
I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord
and across the sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene I noticed two sets of footprints,
one belonged to me and the other to the Lord.
When the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that many times along the path of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I also noticed that it happened at the very lowest
and saddest times in my life.
This really bothered me and I questioned the Lord about it.
"Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,
you would walk with me all the way,
but I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life
there is only one set of footprints.
"I don't understand why in times when I needed you most,
you should leave me."
The Lord replied:
"My precious, precious child,
I love you and I would never, never leave you
during your times of trial and suffering.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."
Author unknown, "Footprints"
A tristeza é um muro entre dois jardins.
Khalil Gibran
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Simplesmente, simples.
Com muita simplicidade,
de forma simplista.
Mas simplória, jamais!
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Não quero amor
que não saiba dominar-se,
desse, como vinho espumante,
que parte o copo e se entorna,
perdido num instante.
Dá-me esse amor fresco e puro
como a tua chuva,
que abençoa a terra sequiosa,
e enche as talhas do lar.
Amor que penetre até ao centro da vida,
e dali se estenda como seiva invisível,
até aos ramos da árvore da existência,
e faça nascer
as flores e os frutos.
Dá-me esse amor
que conserva tranquilo o coração,
na plenitude da paz!
Rabindranath Tagore
Amor Pacífico e Fecundo in "O Coração da Primavera"
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Ando devagar
Porque já tive pressa
E levo esse sorriso
Porque já chorei demais
Hoje me sinto mais forte,
Mais feliz, quem sabe,
Eu só levo a certeza
De que muito pouco sei,
Ou nada sei
Conhecer as manhas
E as manhãs
O sabor das massas
E das maçãs
É preciso amor
Pra poder pulsar
É preciso paz pra poder seguir
É preciso chuva para florir
Sinto que seguir a vida
Seja simplesmente
Conhecer a marcha
E ir tocando em frente
Como um velho boiadeiro
Levando a boiada
Eu vou tocando os dias
Pela longa estrada, eu vou
Estrada eu sou
Cada um de nós compõe
A sua própria história
E cada ser em si
Carrega o dom de ser capaz
De ser feliz
Todo mundo ama um dia,
Todo mundo chora
Um dia a gente chega
E no outro vai embora
Almir Sater e Renato Teixeira
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