The Rocks Quotes

“The likelihood of meeting anyone who wouldn't make him feel even lonelier seemed increasingly remote. Life was a dwindling process now, not a building proposition. He couldn't imagine being with someone new, opening up, feeling appreciated and understood, without having to explain his dubious non sequiturs and increasingly arcane or redundant frame of reference.”
― Peter Nichols, The Rocks

“And the seasons, as now, reliably made everything new again. He liked to remember Goethe’s line: “A man can stand anything but a succession of ordinary days.”
― Peter Nichols, The Rocks

“Once someone loses trust, that’s it, Gerald. It’s gone. It’s broken. You can’t repair it with explanations. You can’t wheedle trust back from someone.”
― Peter Nichols, The Rocks

“and male company in Mireille’s neurasthenic”
― Peter Nichols, The Rocks

“came to the Bar Formentor”
― Peter Nichols, The Rocks