My rage outweighs my shame, as always happens when one is really ashamed and knows he ought to be.
Erich Maria RemarqueI did not want to think so much about her. I wanted to take her as an unexpected, delightful gift, that had come and would go again — nothing more. I meant not to give room to the thought that it could ever be more. I knew too well that all love has the desire for eternity and that therein lies its eternal torment. Nothing lasts. Nothing.
Erich Maria RemarqueNever do anything complicated when something simple will serve as well. It's one of the most important secrets of living.
Erich Maria Remarque