“It seems as if, year after year, the world becomes a more difficult place to live.”
― Killing Commendatore
― Killing Commendatore
“For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning."
(Little Gidding)”
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And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning."
(Little Gidding)”
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“After all, our lives are but a sequence of accidents - a clanking chain of chance events. A string of choices, casual or deliberate, which add up to that one big calamity we call life.”
― A Fine Balance
― A Fine Balance
“Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.”
― A Fine Balance
― A Fine Balance
“What an unreliable thing is time--when I want it to fly, the hours stick to me like glue. And what a changeable thing, too. Time is the twine to tie our lives into parcels of years and months. Or a rubber band stretched to suit our fancy. Time can be the pretty ribbon in a little girl's hair. Or the lines in your face, stealing your youthful colour and your hair. .... But in the end, time is a noose around the neck, strangling slowly.”
― A Fine Balance
― A Fine Balance
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