Barbara

“In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.”
― Isaac Asimov

“They were stars on this stage, each playing to an audience of two: the passion of their pretense created the actuality. Here, finally, was the quintessence of self-expression-- yet it was probable that for the most part their love expressed Gloria rather than Anthony. He felt often like a scarecly tolerated guest at a party she was giving.”
― Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned

“If you don't know the exact moment when the lights will go out, you might as well read until they do.”
― Clive James

“The human heart will never wrinkle.”
― Madame de Sévigné, Letters of Madame de Sévigné to her Daughter and her Friends, Volume 2