4 Quotes by Rita Teixeira

Some days, I enjoy simply sitting outside on the green grass of this golden fairy garden of mine, under the tender sun, as I listen to the car radio playing indie songs in the background, and see the wind slowly stripping down the trees – I swear I could stay in moments like these for a lifetime, I could lay under the winter sun with nothing but sheer peace inside my heart – a peace I have craved for a long time.

The moon is shining brighter tonight, touching the entire village with its soft silver light; the houses are half awake and the sky is half asleep, with its sparkling yellowish stars scattered and spread across it, like a large bright night cloak. Little and fragile plants’ silhouettes are beautifully staining the skyline and dancing to the silent sound of the winter breeze.

I understand pain now, it is just a part of being human, in fact, it is the most natural thing about it; and all those inner struggles and battles, they do not haunt me, they just recall a time of a thin skin that has now grown thicker, and that makes me who I am today. The woman I have come to be – that is something to be grateful for, especially when I had to strive to become her.

Yes, indeed I would have a piece of my soul restless forever if I were to never return to the sea. - The Beauty of Every Day