Quote of the day
I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again … the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.
Luís Fernando Veríssimo
Born: September 26, 1936
Died: August 30, 2025 (aged 88)
Bio: Luís Fernando Veríssimo was a Brazilian writer. Verissimo was the son of Brazilian writer Erico Verissimo and lived with his father in the United States during his childhood.
Known for:
- Borges and the Eternal Orang-Utans (2004)
- The Club of Angels (2001)
- The Spies (2012)
- O Analista de Bagé (1981)
- A Mesa Voadora (1982)








