Tamara

“The truth is always a disappointment, which is why everybody lies.”
― Frédéric Beigbeder, L'amour dure trois ans

“L'amour est une catastrophe magnifique: savoir que l'on fonce dans un mur et accélérer quand même; courir à sa perte, le sourire aux lèvres; attendre avec curiosité le moment où cela va foirer. L'amour est la seule déception programmée, le seul malheur prévisible dont on redemande.”
― Frédéric Beigbeder, L'amour dure trois ans

“I’ve learned that in order to be happy, you first have to have been extremely depressed. Until you have learned to suffer, happiness will never endure. The love that lasts just three years is the love that has neither scaled mountains nor lingered in the depths of despair, but the kind of love that is handed to you on a plate. Love only lasts if everyone involved knows what it costs, and it’s best to pay in advance, or else you might find yourself having to settle the bill later on. We weren’t prepared for happiness, because we weren't yet used to misery. We had grown up in the religion of comfort. You first have to know who you are and who you love. You have to be a finished person to live an unfinished story.”
― Frédéric Beigbeder, L'amour dure trois ans