“We live here and now. Everything before and in other places is past. Mostly forgotten. What could, what should be done with all the time that lies ahead of us, open and unshaped, feather-light in its freedom and lead-heavy in its uncertainty? Is it a wish? Dream-like and nostalgic, to stand once again at that point in life and be able to take a completely different direction than the one that has made us who we are?” ShouldMadeDifferentDoneDreamLightAblePastLyingWishForgottenHeavyUncertaintyWho We AreFeathersHere And NowNostalgicDifferent DirectionsPoints In Life Author:Pascal Mercier
“[Vanity] is an unrecognised form of stupidity, you have to forget the cosmic meaninglessness of all our acts to be able to be vain and that's a glaring form of stupidity.” AbleFormForgetStupidityVanityVainCosmicMeaninglessness Book:Night Train to Lisbon Source: Night Train to Lisbon
“So, the fear of death might be described as the fear of not being able to become whom one had planned to be.” MightAbleFear Of Death Book:Night Train to Lisbon Source: Night Train to Lisbon
