Quotes About Passing

What if she was meant to be, or could have been, someone important in my life? I think that's what scares me: the randomness of everything. That the people who could be important to you might just pass you by. Or you pass them by. How do you know...I felt that by walking away I was abandoning [them], that I spent my entire life, day after day, abandoning people.

Creo que eso es lo que me asusta: el carácter azaroso de todo. Que las personas que podrían ser importantes para ti pasen por tu lado y desaparezcan. O que pases por su lado y las dejes atrás ¿Cómo podrías saberlo?

Se nella mia vita quella donna fosse stata destinata a diventare importante? Credo che sia questo a farmi paura: la casualità di tutto. Persone che per te potrebbero essere importanti ti passano accanto e ne vanno. E tu farai altrettanto. Come si fa a saperlo? ..... Andandomene mi sembrava di abbandonarlo, di passar la vita, giorno dopo giorno, a abbandonare la gente.

Thousands of years of solitude. Eons of running from the grief of his passing. And now here he was, pressed up against her again

Even then one sensed that it must be a rule. That time could not be something that passed all by itself but was something one had to hold one to. And that, when one let go of it, that moment was very significant.

The way things ought to be. A turning of seasons and a natural acceptance of life pulling back and many things passing. There was a kind of relief in that, and a sharp beauty. Whose power had much to do with one's ability to hold the losses it augured.