Dianora77

“One wants to move through life with elegance and grace, blossoming infrequently but with exquisite taste, and perfect timing, like a rare bloom, a zebra orchid... One wants... But one so seldom gets what one wants, does one?”
― Tony Kushner, Angels in America

“Life so far seemed like a kind of dance to him, and he was pleased to discover that he was pretty good at it. Lf there was something hollow underneath it all, a well of fear that sometimes seemed to pull everything else into it and leave him clutching the stone rim for fear of falling into himself, well, that was part of being human, he supposed. That's what the booze was for.”
― Nathan Ballingrud, The Visible Filth

“He said that the plane was too fast, that his body had arrived fast. That he was just ill because his soul could not keep pace with the speed of the plane and was still on its way home, and he would feel better once his soul had caught up.”
― Kyung-sook Shin, I'll Be Right There

“Sometimes I wish we could start off old and get younger as we go," he said. "What would happen then?" I asked. "I guess we would both look old right now," he said. I could not imagine either of us looking old. "I wish someone would promise me that nothing is meaningless," he said. "I wish there were promises worth believing in. That after we have been hunted and lonely and anxious and living in fear, there is something else. Considering the way we are living right now, if we were young at the end of our lives instead, then maybe our dreams could come true.”
― Shin Kyung-sook, I'll Be Right There