50 phrases by Machado de Assis to go beyond Dom Casmurro

Love repelled is love multiplied.

Keep these verses I wrote crying, as a relief to my longing, as a duty of my love.

Love is a letter, more or less long, written on vellum paper, golden cut, very fragrant and quaint; letter of congratulations when read, letter of condolences when finished reading.

Each one knows how to love in his own way; the mode doesn’t matter; the essential thing is that you know how to love.

When two looks are talking to each other, the whole world is annihilated for the eyes that cast them.

If love ends up in the grave, I don’t think it’s worth looking for it in this world.

The best way to live in peace is to nurture others’ self-esteem with pieces of our own.

It seems to them that they have the right and the need to live for themselves and for themselves.