A leaf, inside
12 March
I read this on a Tuesday I almost wasted.
A daily reading ritual
Everything has
been said.
What’s left is to choose.
Three quotations a day. You choose one. After a few dozen, it is a printed book with your name on it.
Three arrived. Choose one.
Sealed. This one stays.
For those who read a lot and keep little. For a habit that does not shout.
The ritual is free. The book, from 29 €.
- 1001
- sourced quotations
- 20+
- authors, twenty centuries
- 3
- themes you can refuse
The object
A volume you can hold.
When you close the volume, we set and print it: one leaf per choice, A5, bound. The anthology only you could have written — without writing a line.
- A5, sewn paperback — one choice and one note per page.
- Printed when you close it — no fixed date.
- With a dedication, if the volume is for someone.
Choose the cover colour
The voices
Twenty centuries in one line.
From the Stoics to the moderns, from the East to the Lusophone world. Primary sources and public-domain translations — every quotation checked by hand.
The philosophy
Restraint
is the luxury.
We live drowning in text. Aforista does the opposite of the rest: it gives you less. Three lines, one decision, a day closed. What doesn’t fit in a choice doesn’t weigh. What you choose stays forever — in the archive, and then on paper. That gathering has a name: a florilegium — a harvest of what was worth keeping.
- No infinite feed
- No likes or shares
- No streaks, no counters
- One seal a day
The plans
How do you want to keep your volume?
Digital is always included. Paper is optional — and payment stays pending until the moment of printing.
Digital
0 €
The full daily ritual in the app: seal, leaf through, archive and memory. Always included.
- A fan of three, every day
- Archive and search of all you’ve sealed
- Rereading, when you don’t feel like choosing
- Themes you can refuse before you start
Printed volume
from 29 €
Everything Digital has, plus the volume set in type and bound when you close it. The price follows the thickness — a notebook, a tome, or a thicker tome.
- Everything in Digital
- A5 sewn paperback, printed when you close it
- Cover colour and dedication, if you want them
- Nothing unsealed is printed
You can set up payment now: it stays pending and is only charged when the volume is ready to print. You can change your mind until then. Prices follow the thickness of the volume and are indicative until print costs are confirmed.
Quiet questions
What the volume does not do.
What if I miss days?
Nothing is printed. The volume has the leaves you lived — and that is why it is yours.
What if I start in July?
There is no middle. The volume begins when you begin, and closes when you close it.
Do I have to write a note?
No. A tap seals the choice. A line of your own is a gift to later-you, never a toll.
What if I don’t want religious quotations?
You tell us before you start, and you receive none. Choosing what you like is hard; choosing what bothers you is easy.
Begin today
Your Volume I is waiting to be opened.
The ritual begins with a choice. Take Aforista with you.
iOS app coming soon.