Christina P.

“Κάποτε υπήρχε ελάχιστο παρόν, όσο ακριβώς χρειαζόταν ώστε να μην ξεχνιέται η μέρα, να μην λυγίζει κάτω από το βάρος των αιώνων. Τότε ήταν συμπαθητικό το παρόν, ήταν ντροπαλό, άκουγε τους μεγαλύτερους του, περίμενε την σειρά του, δεν έβγαζε γλώσσα, δεν κρατούσε κακία, έλεγε τον πόνο του. Τότε ήταν τρυφερό το παρόν γιατί είχε καεί η γούνα του από τον έρωτα. Είχε αποφασίσει να είναι ευγενικό, να στέκεται στην άκρη και να παρατηρεί, να μην προδίδει έτσι εύκολα τα βάσανά του να μην διεκδικεί έτσι εύκολα τα δικαιώματά του, να μην χτυπάει το ποδαράκι του στο πάτωμα, να μην μουτρώνει, να μην κακολογεί, να μην γκρινιάζει.”
― Χρήστος Βακαλόπουλος, Η γραμμή του ορίζοντος

“Of all the misconceptions about love the most powerful and pervasive is the belief that "falling in love" is love or at least one of the manifestations of love. It is a potent misconception, because falling in love is subjectively experienced in a very powerful fashion as an experience of love. When a person falls in love what he or she certainly feels is "I love him" or "I love her."
But two problems are immediately apparent. The first is that the experience of falling in love is specifically a sex-linked erotic experience. We do not fall in love with our children even though we may love them very deeply. We do not fall in love with our friends of the same sex-unless we are homosexually oriented-even though we may care for them greatly. We fall in love only when we are consciously or unconsciously sexually motivated. The second problem is that the experience of falling in love is invariably temporary. No matter whom we fall in love with, we sooner or later fall out of love if the relationship continues long enough. This is not to say that we invariably cease loving the person with whom we fell in love. But it is to say that the feeling of ecstatic lovingness that characterizes the experience of falling in love always passes. The honeymoon always ends. The bloom of romance always fades.”
― M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth

“For though all persons are equally subject to the caprice of fortune, yet all good men have one advantage she cannot deny, which is this, to act reasonably under misfortunes.”
― Plutarch, Plutarch's Lives

“She was tired, with that tiredness that only emptiness brings.”
― Paolo Giordano, The Solitude of Prime Numbers