Quotes from Ann Patchett, Bel Canto

Katsumi Hosokawa - (he) believed that life, true life, was something that was stored in music.

...as if the world had become a giant train station in which everything was delayed until further notice.

They lived their lives only for the hour that lay ahead of them.

He was in love, and never had he felt such kindness towards another person.

He was so close to her then that they owned every molecule of air in the tiny room and the air grew heavy with their desire and worked to move them together.

It's easier to love a woman when you can't understand a word she's saying.