“There is freedom waiting for you,
On the breezes of the sky,
And you ask "What if I fall?"
Oh but my darling,
What if you fly?”
―
On the breezes of the sky,
And you ask "What if I fall?"
Oh but my darling,
What if you fly?”
―
“I've not much interest in the important things of life. Only in the beautiful things. Just this lilac here makes me happy.”
― Three Comrades
― Three Comrades
“The best way to lose a woman was to show her a kind of life that one could offer her for only a few days.”
― Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country
― Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country
“Someone said to me once that a cigarette at the right moment is better than all the ideals in the world.”
― Flotsam
― Flotsam
“Regret is the most useless thing in the world. One cannot recall anything. And one cannot rectify anything. Otherwise we would all be saints. Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.”
― Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country
― Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country
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