Matt

“It made her—a bizarre trick—long for a past that was still in the future.”
― Alan Furst, Night Soldiers

“In the ruined beds of a hundred rooms spread across the lost quarters of Europe, her ghost lay with him every night.”
― Alan Furst, Dark Star

“I think so, too. I know I felt that way. For years. It was as if I was a character in a movie and the real action was about to start at any minute. But I think some people wait forever, and only at the end of their lives do they realize that their life has happened while they were waiting for it to start.”
― Jess Walter, Beautiful Ruins

“At peace? Who but the insane would ever be at peace? What person who has enjoyed life could possibly think one is enough? Who could live even a day and not feel the sweet ache of regret?”
― Jess Walter, Beautiful Ruins