Cristina

“And in that moment, you realize how little control you have over your own destiny. From the time you're born, you have no control; you can't choose your parents, and, unless you're suicidal, you can't choose your death. The only thing you can do is choose the person you love, be kind to others, and make your brutally short stint on earth as pleasant as possible.”
― Renee Carlino, Before We Were Strangers

“The present is our own. The right-this-second, the here-and-now, this moment before the next, is ours for the taking. It’s the only free gift the universe has to offer. The past doesn’t belong to us anymore, and the future is just a fantasy, never guaranteed. But the present is ours to own. The only way we can realize that fantasy is if we embrace the now.”
― Renee Carlino, Before We Were Strangers

“Poate că iubirea e atunci când, după ce ai stins lumina la baie şi ţi-ai văzut ochii obosiţi în oglindă, alţi ochi îi privesc pe ai tăi de undeva din întunericul apropiat. Şi eşti împăcat cu asta şi nu mai tânjeşti după nimic altceva. Poate că iubirea e când nu-ţi mai eşti ţie în oglindă.”
― Tudor Chirilă, Exerciţii de echilibru

“Weren’t we though? Timeless? Nothing could change what we’d had all those years before, even if the idea of what might’ve been lingered between us.”
― Renee Carlino, Before We Were Strangers