Brief Loves That Live Forever Quotes

“That apple orchard is still in flower," I told myself. "Time has passed it by, leaving it behind in a moment that does not pass. An idea that seems as insane as the beauty of those flowering trees that will never bear fruit. But to believe in it gives a supreme meaning to our lives, our encounters, our loves."

Then I caught myself mentally addressing Kira, as on so many occasions during these last twenty years.

The truth is, I have never stopped walking beside her along an endless corridor lined with snow-clad boughts.”
― Andreï Makine, Le livre des brèves amours éternelles

“Then, with all my being I felt I was wildly, desperately in love. Not only with Maya and her dark locks flying in the wind as she ran. But also with the plants that swayed as she passed, and with that grey, sad sky and the air that smelled of rain. I was even in love with that old piece of farm machinery with flat tyres, sensing that it was quite essential to the harmony that had just been created before my eyes …”
― Andreï Makine, Brief Loves That Live Forever

“The fatal mistake we make is looking for a paradise that endures …

What remains is a fleeting paradise that lives on for all time, having no need of doctrines.”
― Andreï Makine, Brief Loves That Live Forever

“Cette nuit, il y a dans notre façon d'aimer une douceur inhabituelle, comme si nous nous retrouvions après une très longue séparation, après avoir beaucoup souffert et vieilli.”
― Andreï Makine, Cartea scurtelor iubiri eterne