The power of storytelling is exactly this: to bridge the gaps where everything else has crumbled.
it's best to accept life as it really is and not as I imagined it to be
That was a matter suspended between heaven and earth, awaiting the hand of destiny.
Our children must follow in our footsteps; after all, we are older and know about the world.
I'm afraid that if my dream is realized, I'll have no reason to go on living.
What made you fall in love with a prostitute?” “I didn’t understand it myself at the time. But I’ve thought about it since, and I think it was because, knowing that your body would never be mine alone, I had to concentrate on conquering your soul.