Isn't it true that it's not people who meet, but rather the shadows cast by their imaginations?
Pascal MercierOur lives are rivers, gliding free to that unfathomed, boundless sea, the silent grave!
Pascal MercierSo, the fear of death might be described as the fear of not being able to become whom one had planned to be.
Pascal MercierI love tunnels. They 're the symbol of hope: sometime it will be bright again. If by chance it is not night.
Pascal MercierWe are all patchwork, and so shapeless and diverse in composition that each bit, each moment, plays its own game. And there is as much difference between us and ourselves as between us and others
Pascal MercierTo stand by yourself -- that was also part of dignity. That way, a person could get through a public flaying with dignity. Galileo. Luther. Even somebody who admitted his guilt and resisted the temptation to deny it. Something politicians couldn't do. Honesty, the courage for honesty. With others and yourself.
Pascal Mercier