What if ... ?

" Dear Claire, 'What' and 'if' are 2 words as nothreatening as words can be. But, put them together, side by side, and they have the power to haunt you for the rest of your life. What if? ... What if? ... What if? ... I don't know how your story ended but if what you felt then was true love, then it's never too late. If it was true love then, why wouldn't it be true now? You need only the courage to follow your heart. I don't know what a love like Juliet's feels like... love to leave loved ones for, love to cross oceans for... but I like to believe, if I ever were to feel it, that I'd have the courage to seize it. And, Claire, if you didn't... I hope one day you will. All my love, Juliet."

Letter to Juliet

(des)ilusão

‎" O pobre rapaz, que folheava o capítulo mais delicioso do romance - no sentir dele - caiu de toda a altura das ilusões na mais dura, prosaica e miserável realidade. " 

A Mão e a Luva 

Machado de Assis