Susan

“The eternal silence of these infinite spaces terrifies me”
― Blaise Pascal, Pensées

“Ours is the only civilization in history which has enshrined mediocrity as its national ideal. Others have been corrupt, but leave it to us to invent the most undistinguished of corruptions. No orgies, no blood running in the street, no babies thrown off cliffs. No, we're sentimental people and we horrify easily. True, our moral fiber is rotten. Our national character stinks to high heaven. But we are kinder than ever. No prostitute ever responded with a quicker spasm of sentiment when our hearts are touched. Nor is there anything new about thievery, lewdness, lying, adultery. What is new is that in our time liars and thieves and whores and adulterers wish also to be congratulated by the great public, if their confession is sufficiently psychological or strikes a sufficiently heartfelt and authentic note of sincerity. Oh, we are sincere. I do not deny it. I don't know anybody nowadays who is not sincere.”
― Walker Percy, The Moviegoer

“He is always becoming, and if it were not for the contingency of death, he would never end.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

“HARRY: (Voice-over)The first time we met we hated each other.

SALLY:
(Voice-over) You didn’t hate me, I hated you. (beat) And the second time we met, you didn’t even remember me.

HARRY (Voice-over) I did too, I remembered you. (a long beat) The third time we met, we became friends.

SALLY:(Voice-over) We were friends for a long time.

HARRY:(Voice-over) And then we weren’t.

SALLY: (Voice-over) And then we fell in love.

SALLY Three months later we got married.

HARRY It only took three months.

SALLY Twelve years and three months.”
― Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally