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Pacu: [voiceover] Ma says God never gives us heavier burdens than we can bear, but God keeps messing up. He sometimes dumps such burdens on us we all collapse.
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Father: The blood has turned yellow.
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Pacu: [voiceover] In the land of the blind, one-eyed people are said to be mad.
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Pacu: We're like oxen here. We go round and round and never go anywhere.
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Salustiano: I'll be damned! I'm toasted!
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Salustiano: My mother almost died giving birth. I was born purple - so purple they thought I was dead. True or false?
[Clara nods]
Salustiano: They ignored me for two hours while trying to save my mother, then they decided to wash me so I'd look decent for the funeral. As soon as I felt the cold water, I started howling. As a result, that was my first and last bath.
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Mother: In this house, the dead command the living.
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Mother: Even the worst life is better than being slaughtered like an animal.
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Tonho: You're too damn strong.
Pacu: No, you just forgot how to fly.
Abril Despedaçado Quotes
Extended Reading