SENTENCES THAT MATTER

Two siblings share the sentences that matter from their ephemeral lives of love, hope and faith

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He had loved too much, demanded too much, and he wore it all out.

Ernest Hemingway

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But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can't last.

Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

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Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.

Criss Jami

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The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time.

Sir Edward Grey

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You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.

Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

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Oh, darling, you will be good to me, won’t you? Because we’re going to have a strange life.

Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

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If the others heard me talking out loud they would think that I am crazy. But since I am not, I do not care.

Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

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The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.

Ernest Hemingway

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So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.

Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

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In this age, lies were the universal lubricant of the culture. A love of Truth and commitment to it were seldom rewarded and were often punished.

Dean Koontz, Breathless

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She was like a drowning person, flailing, reaching for anything that might save her. Her life was an urgent, desperate struggle to justify her life.

Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated

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Why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.

Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

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I know that's what people say - you'll get over it. I'd say it, too. But I know it's not true. Oh, you'll be happy again, never fear. But you won't forget. Every time you fall in love it will be because something in the man reminds you of him.

Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn