Challenges are opportunities in disguise; embrace them and grow stronger.

A poesia é a música da alma, que ecoa no silêncio do coração.

I write to understand the complexity of human experience.

The good society is one in which virtue pays.

With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.