The other passengers gazed at each other and there was established that silent solidarity of those who secretly hope to God that the plane will not f… - Fernando Sabino

I was going to tell you something very important. But it is so important I'd rather not say it. Only that which is not said is sincere... Only silence is sincere. The silence of someone who is sleeping, for example. How sincere is a sleeper! Sincere as a flower... It is in sleeping that everyone reveals themselves, because of the silence.

Everything one sees is merely a projection of what one does not see, its true nature and substance. p315

the circle of politicians which surrounded him--flatterers, eventual profiteers, changed ideas and convictions like changing a shirt, followed the expediency of the moment. p245