

“I didn't want to let go. I didn't want that moment to end and I didn't want that feeling to ever leave me. But all things leave us, all people, all feelings, no matter how we want them to stay, no matter how tight we hold on to them. We lose everything in life at some point.”
― The Final Testament of the Holy Bible
― The Final Testament of the Holy Bible

“Nothing sparkly can stay.”
― The Outsiders
― The Outsiders

“So it comes to this; one doesn’t need rest. Why bother about sleep if one isn’t sleepy? That stands to reason, doesn’t it? Wait a minute, there’s a snag somewhere; something disagreeable. Why, now, should it be disagreeable? …Ah, I see; it’s life without a break.”
― No Exit
― No Exit

“A midwife knows too much . . . But if she is truly a wise woman, she knows when to keep her mouth shut.”
― The Virgins of Venice
― The Virgins of Venice
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