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“La pitié était la seule forme d'amour que j'avais conservée à l'égard des humains.”
― Haushofer Marlen, The Wall

“External freedom has probably never existed, but neither have I ever known anyone who knew inner freedom.”
― Marlen Haushofer, The Wall

“But if time exists only in my head, and I'm the last human being, it will end with my death. The thought cheers me. I may be in a position to murder time. The big net will tear and fall, with its sad contents, into oblivion. I'm owed some gratitude, but no one after my death will know I murdered time. Really these thoughts are quite meaningless. Things happen, and, like millions of people before me, I look for meaning in them, because my vanity will not allow me to admit that the whole meaning of an event lies in the event itself.”
― Marlen Haushofer, The Wall

“Even now I’m nothing but a thin skin covering a mountain of memories.”
― Marlen Haushofer, The Wall

“L'épisode précédent est la mauvaise réponde de l'épisode suivant.
Non. Je connais la fin. La fin définie par le sang.
Mon chien noir va grandir de plus en plus, devenir de plus en plus sauvage. Il me mordra, déchirera mon corps, me tuera.
C'est juste une question de temps.
La douleur n'en finit pas. Le chien noir ne s'en va pas.”
― Song Si-Woo, Le Jour du chien noir

“L'épisode précédent est la mauvaise réponse de l'épisode suivant.
Non. Je connais la fin. La fin définie par le sang.
Mon chien noir va grandir de plus en plus, devenir de plus en plus sauvage. Il me mordra, déchirera mon corps, me tuera.
C'est juste une question de temps.
La douleur n'en finit pas. Le chien noir ne s'en va pas.”
― Song Si-Woo, Le Jour du chien noir

“In taking that photograph, I understood something I will never forget: how I wished to arrest all the beauty that came before me. Not the classical beauty of symmetry and exact proportions or the fancy of fashion, which is ever-changing with the seasons, but the beauty of a soul, that inner life that reveals itself so seldom, just for an instant, and only if you look closely and learn to see with an open heart.”
― Elizabeth Ross, Belle Epoque

“I’ve started to question if the flaws on the finished photograph aren’t an integral part of the portrait: soft focus, underexposure, poorly applied emulsion, mysterious lines and distortions … all of these elements can change the character of the photograph and its subject.”
― Elizabeth Ross, Belle Epoque

“Groping in the blackness seems an appropriate metaphor for the creative life. You are compelled to do this work but cannot know the end result; the truth of the moment you captured on the plate remains a mystery.”
― Elizabeth Ross, Belle Epoque

“I think that a good portrait reveals a suggestion of the subject’s mind, and not just a representation of how they look. It’s by no means easy; to snatch the right moment can feel impossible, like capturing fairies.”
― Elizabeth Ross, Belle Epoque

“Yiiiii-haaaa.”
― Hollis Seamon, Somebody Up There Hates You

“At the end of the day, whether one returns to the past or travels to the future, the present doesn't change.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“Water flows from high places to low places. That is the nature of gravity. Emotions also seem to act according to gravity. When in the presence of someone with whom you have a bond, and to whom you have entrusted your feelings, it is hard to lie and get away with it. The truth just wants to come flowing out. This is especially the case when you are trying to hide your sadness or vulnerability. It is much easier to conceal sadness from a stranger, or from someone you don’t trust.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“I was so absorbed in the things that I couldn’t change, I forgot the most important thing.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“People don’t see things and hear things as objectively as they might think. The visual and auditory information that enters the mind is distorted by experiences, thoughts, circumstances, wild fancies, prejudices, preferences, knowledge, awareness, and countless other workings of the mind.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“But Kazu still goes on believing that, no matter what difficulties people face, they will always have the strength to overcome them. It just takes heart. And if the chair can change someone’s heart, it clearly has its purpose.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“. . . as the future hasn't happened yet, I guess that's up to you. . .”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“The kindness in his smile seemed infinite.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to honor heroes after they've died. They're like the pyramids that the Egyptians built to honor the pharaohs. Only instead of being made of stone, they're made out of the memories people have of you.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Jack, sometimes you don't have to be mean to hurt someone.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Here’s what I think: the only reason I’m not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Break my heart. Break it a thousand times if you like. It was only ever yours to break anyway.”
― Kiera Cass, The One

“No," he says quietly. "In every universe, it's you for me. Even if it's not me for you.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place

“You are in all of my happiest places.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place

“Love means constantly saying you're sorry, and then doing better.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place

“Elle avançait dans leur salon et tout était là. À l'identique. Rien n'avait bougé. La couverture toujours sur le canapé. La théière aussi sur la table basse, avec le livre qu'elle était en train de lire. Et fut saisie tout particulièrement par la vision du marque-page. Le livre était ainsi coupé en deux ; la première partie avait été lue du vivant de François. Et à la page 321, il était mort. Que fallait-il faire ? Peut-on poursuivre la lecture d'un livre interrompu par la mort de son mari ?”
― David Foenkinos, Delicacy

“Il continuait inlassablement à caresser les cheveux de Nathalie. Il les aimait tellement, il voulait les connaître un par un, savoir leur histoire et leur pensée. Il voulait partir en voyage dans ses cheveux...”
― David Foenkinos, Delicacy

“Mais il faut avoir vécu des années dans le rien pour comprendre comment on peut être subitement effrayé par une possibilité.”
― David Foenkinos, Delicacy

“Personne ne pouvait imaginer qu'il lui arrivait d'avoir peur de ce bonheur, peur qu'il puisse contenir la menace du malheur.”
― David Foenkinos, Delicacy