« "Diese" Love is a bad excuse to put up with things you should never put up with. That's how you get caught. Love deflects the balance: things that should weigh heavily seem light. It's a scam. It's a trap. P.311 »

« If you really had to kiss toads before I found the prince, I had to be on the right track. Was it really hard to find someone it was nice to talk to? In fact, at this point, I didn't even ask for that. A look, or even a little attention would have sufficed for me. »

« I pushed the blankets back and got up. I opened my door. Calm and darkness reigned in the hallway, but as I suspected, a light was visible on the stairs. My father was not yet in bed. As soon as he saw me in the hallway, he turned off the tv. "Hep over there! Don't we sleep? I shook my head. On the screen came the grainy black-and-white images of an old newsletter. Two men singded their hands above a table. Behind them, the crowd applauded. "You're at the peak. I can't choose between this fascinating program about the beginning of the First World War and a report on ecological disasters. What do you think? He changed the channel. A car was slowly passing through a devastated landscape. "I don't know. They both look interesting to me. "Hey, I'm going to have to Don't criticize the story. Both are important. With a smile on my face, I sat on the couch. "You understand that I find it hard to be passionate about the past. "I'm sorry?" Annabelle is neither fiction nor a silly tale imagined by the first comer. These events happened for good - a long time ago, I added. - Exactly. That is my point. That's why we can't forget. No matter how many years have passed, they still affect us and the world around us. If we neglect the past, we never understand the future. It's all connected. Do you get it? At first, I have to admit, I don't. Then I looked at the images that were scrolling and then I knew he was right. The past influenced the present and the future in one way or another. Time was not easily divided; the middle, beginning and end were not predefined. I could always pretend to leave the past behind me, he wouldn't leave me. »