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01Undated

In love, no question is ever preposterous.

André Brink / quote

02Undated

How dare I presume to say: He is my friend, or even, more cautiously, I think I know him? At the very most we are like two strangers meeting in the white wintry veld and sitting down together for a while to smoke a pipe before proceeding on their separate ways. No more.Alone. Alone to the very end. I… every one of us. But to have been granted the grace of meeting and touching so fleetingly: is that not the most awesome and wonderful thing one can hope for in this world?

André Brink / quote

03Undated

To respect the dignity of a relationship also implies accepting the end when it comes. Except in my mind, except in my dreams, where the aftertaste of her still lingers.

André Brink / quote

04Undated

But for Mozart love is only the litmus test. To determine whether one is truly free or not.

André Brink / quote