Francesca Marciano Quotes
Love sometimes makes people ruthless in a way that not even hatred can.
A first kiss is the demarcation line: the same information that a moment ago felt private, all of a suddens seems unfair to withhold. And with that exchange came more.
Suddenly it all seemed luminously clear. Love had very little to do with fear and emotional sabotage; love had to do with trust.
I had fallen out of my secure world, precipitated beyond the territories I had only begun to control so skillfully. What a foolish step to take. What an insane move to make.
It may be possible to forget our past but our past is not going to forget us.
We knew nothing of loss. Nobody has taught us about pain. Until that moment, death had just amounted to a scary sound.
Children know so little, they must learn quickly to imitate grown-ups whenever they feel unsure in a situation.
What kind of heart does one have to have in order to be able to get rid of these, without regret, as if they were empty beer cans?
I didn't go there lightly. I knew even then that this was the beginning of something very hard to reverse. But I couldn't do otherwise now: I was too possessed
You know, when you're unhappy you don't have the strength left to take care of others. But it doesn't mean you don't love them.
I think part of me doesn't want to remember him, for fear of missing him too much.
Perhaps she just needed to remind herself more often how that gold was still floating above her head, it's minuscule particles visible only when pierced by a certain light.
Whenever she walked along the streets of Manhattan, she looked at all the different faces coming toward her and, despite their different features and colors, she regarded them all as Americans.
These were the moments that would stick in her memory for years to come, those instants of perfect bliss that nothing else would ever match again.
You'll understand me when you're older. Then you'll see how men can blind you. And I mean blind you. To the point that you're no longer yourself.