Veronika Decides to Die Quotes: 4
P 146
I would say that if someone only has a short time to live and decides to spend that time sitting beside a bed, watching a man sleeping, then that must be love.
P 147
If you were to die now, you would die with your heart full of love.
P 148
Many people dont allow themselves to love because of that. Because there are a lot of things at risk, a lot of future and a lot of past.
I will look at men in the street, right in theie eyes and I wont feel guilty about feeling desired.
P 153
You are someone who is different, but who wants to be the same as everyone else. And that in my view is a serious illness.
This is very true in my case. I am different. But I keep asking questin why others are not like me? why others are enjoying such simple things of life? Dont worry about that Srikanth. God chose you to be different. Why are you disappointing God with this kind of attitude.
P 155
The girl was playing the music with such soul because she knew she was going to die. And am I not going to die? Where is my soul that I might play the music of my own life with such enthusiasm?
It took me three years to understand that life was pushing me in a direction I didnt want to go in.
P 161
The art of diplomacy consists in keeping your opponent waiting. Whilst you may never get over first love affair, it always ends.
His wife felt proud and reassured. Her husband was an experienced man, he had entered the world of drugs and emerged unscathed. A man with such strength of will could control any situation.
P 165
perhaps she had found someone else to go with her to the crystal mountains.
P 169
worried that Eduard's interest in painting was lasting longer than expected,
P 171
After all diplomacy is also the art of postponing decisions until the problems resolve themselves.
P 172
He wasnt used to such outspoken expressions of affection.
You are deceiving yourself. Running away from reality.
P 173
He wanted something for which he had not been chosen and the price of which was his parents disappointment.
P 174
He thought that he could just give up and follow his father's advice, but he had advanced too far in his work. He had crossed the abyss that seperates a man from his dream and now there was no going back. He couldnt go forwards or back. It was easier just to leave the stage.
P 175
It would be far too early for me to tell you that I love you, but since I probably wont live through the night, it would also be too late.
P 176
Dont be embarrassed about being loved. I am not asking you for anything.
P 185
Look at my face. Remember it with the eyes of your soul, so that you can reproduce it one day. If you like, that can be your starting point, but you must go back to painting.
Letting you engrave my face on your soul.
asked the God she did not believe in to take her at that very moment.
P 190
An awareness of death encourages us to live more intensely.
Dr Igor was too excited by the results to pay much attention to minor details.
