Life with a Star Quotes

“We lack willpower, but we have enough will to succumb to the will of others.”
― Jiří Weil, Life with a Star

“I knew now how happiness awoke; I knew that happiness was quiet, that it hid in crevices but could not be destroyed by shouting and whipping.”
― Jiří Weil, Life with a Star

“We turned the pages impatiently, afraid it would end too soon but full of suspense”
― Jiří Weil, Life with a Star

“I looked into the darkness. I knew that in my street, on the outskirts of the city, no procession would ever march by. There were no stars in the sky, but a fine rain was falling. I heard its fall as a quiet rustle, like the turning pages of a book. Perhaps it was a hand running along a table covered by a green cloth with a leaf design; perhaps it was the rustle of those leaves being touched that I heard. Perhaps Death too has a friendly, kind voice and perhaps she too caresses one’s hair with her hard, callused hand.”
― Jiří Weil, Life with a Star

“And people always think there’s hope, even when they’re standing over an open grave.”
― Jiří Weil, Life with a Star