Les Jadis Quotes

“Is it possible that even happy moments of pleasure never stand up to a rigorous examination? Possible.”
― Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name

“Nothing comes back. The eye sees for a moment, the ear hears, but look, now it is gone.”
― Eva Figes, Ghosts

“I think that it is right and renewing to remember acts of love because, in the relative brevity of our lives, there is not time enough for loving. Until I brought myself back to recall that exuberant pleasure, I had almost forgotten about it, placed it, as I said, on the shelf, somewhere in my memory. One should be less mean with one’s memory of love, bring it out now and then, let it glow inside one as a positive element of our experiences to be cherished and to be grateful for. It is all too easy in troubled and preoccupied times to forget the blessings.”
― Kay Dick, The Shelf

“You get tired of always wondering anew why life has to take the place of youth.”
― Gary Lutz, Divorcer