Giulia Apostoli

“Then she lowered her arm and the gate closed behind her. That arm suddenly falling and the metallic clank of the gate shutting made me understand that from one moment to another one can lose heart.”
― Patrick Modiano, Honeymoon

“Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, Time stays, we go.”
― Henry Austin Dobson

“She had the right idea, old man, don't you think - to disappear before it gets too late?”
― Patrick Modiano, Rue des boutiques obscures

“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald