Superb Sentences: Machado de Assis

A series of beautiful phrases, sentences, and excerpts from Brazilian literature leading up to Brazil’s National Day of the Book on October 29.

From Ressurreição (1872) by Machado de Assis: “Cada qual sabe amar a seu modo; o modo pouco importa; o essencial é que saiba amar.”

Each person knows how to love in their way; the way matters little;
the essential is that they know how to love.