The Sacrament Quotes

“I had the impression that I was damned, even though all I had done was to be as God made me, and as I lay in bed staring up at the ceiling, I saw no difference between God’s justice and man’s injustice.”
― Olaf Olafsson, The Sacrament

“There was a misspelling on the headstone which the moss had not yet covered. We spoke of everything except for what was on our mind. When we left the graveyard, hand in hand, you asked: Why is it always our mistakes that linger in our memory?”
― Olaf Olafsson, The Sacrament

“I do not speak with the tongues of angels, nor have my prayers ever moved mountains...and yet, despite everything, I still cling to the belief that if I do not have love, I am nothing”
― Olaf Olafsson, The Sacrament

“Why is it always our mistakes that linger in our memory?”
― Olaf Olafsson, The Sacrament

“I watched them drive away. The Citroën was bright green and jolted slightly. The sun went on shining.”
― Olaf Olafsson, The Sacrament