Derrick

“The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough.”
― Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin

“And if beauty is terror,” said Julian, “then what is desire? We think we have many desires, but in fact we have only one. What is it?” “To live,” said Camilla. “To live forever,” said Bunny, chin cupped in palm.”
― Anonymous

“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
― Oscar Wilde

“How do you think it should end?” Young Pasquale considered the question. “Well, instead of going back to America during the war, he could go to Germany and try to kill Hitler.” “Ah,” Alvis Bender said. “Yes. That is exactly what happens, Pasquale. He gets drunk at a party and everyone warns him not to drive, but he makes a giant scene leaving the party and he jumps in his car and accidentally drives over Hitler.”
― Jess Walter, Beautiful Ruins