Danielle Girardeau

“She had witnessed the world's most beautiful things, and allowed herself to grow old and unlovely. She had felt the heat of a leviathan's roar, and the warmth within a cat's paw. She had conversed with the wind and had wiped soldier's tears. She had made people see, she'd seen herself in the sea. Butterflies had landed on her wrists, she had planted trees. She had loved, and let love go. So she smiled.”
― Sonya Hartnett, The Ghost's Child

“Please remove your watch,' he said. 'In my domain time isn't a factor.”
― Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia

“Nothing endures. Not a tree. Not love. Not even death by violence.”
― John Knowles, A Separate Peace

“You live and learn. At any rate, you live.”
― Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless