Total Eclipse Quotes

“The only unbearable thing is that nothing is unbearable.”
― Christopher Hampton, Total Eclipse

“Rimbaud: Well, as you know, I started life as a self-appointed visionary, and creator of a new literature. But as time wore on, and it took me longer and longer to write less and less, and I looked back at some of the absurdities of my earlier work, at some of the things I thought were so good when I wrote them, I saw it was pointless to go on. The world is too old, there’s nothing new, it’s all been said.”
― Christopher Hampton, Total Eclipse

“Rimbaud Do you love her?
Verlaine Yes, I suppose so.
Rimbaud Have you got anything in common with her?
Verlaine No.
Rimbaud Is she intelligent?
Verlaine No.
Rimbaud Does she understand you?
Verlaine No.
Rimbaud So the only thing she can give you is sex?”
― Christopher Hampton, Total Eclipse