“Memories are a lot tougher than you might think. Just like the hearts that hold them.”
― The Memory Police
― The Memory Police
“Es gibt Stunden, in denen ich mich freue auf eine Zeit, in der es nichts mehr geben wird, woran ich mein Herz hängen könnte. Ich bin müde davon, daß mir doch alles wieder genommen wird. Es gibt keinen Ausweg, denn solange es im Wald ein Geschöpf gibt, das ich lieben könnte, werde ich es tun; und wenn es einmal wirklich nichts mehr gibt, werde ich aufhören zu leben. Wären alle Menschen von meiner Art gewesen, hätte es nie eine Wand gegeben, und der alte Mann müßte nicht versteinert vor seinem Brunnen liegen. Aber ich verstehe, warum die anderen immer in der Übermacht waren. Lieben und für ein anderes Wesen sorgen ist ein sehr mühsames Geschäft und viel schwerer, als zu töten und zu zerstören. Ein Kind aufzuziehen dauert zwanzig Jahre, es zu töten zehn Sekunden.”
― The Wall
― The Wall
“But she had not had a bold epiphany and there was no cause; it was simply that layer after layer of discontent had settled in her, and formed a mass that now propelled her. She did not tell him this, because it would hurt him to know she had felt that way for a while, that her relationship with him was like being content in a house but always sitting by the window and looking out.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
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