Love sometimes makes people ruthless in a way that not even hatred can. Francesca Marciano More Quotes by Francesca Marciano More Quotes From Francesca Marciano When you leave Africa, as the plane lifts, you feel that more than leaving a continent you're leaving a state of mind. Whatever awaits you at the other end of your journey will be of a different order of existence. Francesca Marciano leaving journey order Why is it you can never hope to describe the emotion Africa creates? You are lifted. Out of whatever pit, unbound from whatever tie, released from whatever fear. You are lifted and you see it all from above. Francesca Marciano pits emotion ties Jealousy is a disease, it's like a poison. Francesca Marciano disease poison Children know so little, they must learn quickly to imitate grown-ups whenever they feel unsure in a situation. Francesca Marciano situation littles children It may be possible to forget our past but our past is not going to forget us. Francesca Marciano may forget past Maybe that's what happens with age, I thought. All your life you force yourself to forget people who have hurt you, but as you get older and weaker their memory surfaces again, like a bubble in the water. You have to surrender, because you feel to tired to fight it and push it down again. And maybe, unexpectedly, you find out that instead, of revamping your anger, those memories produce an unexpected sweetness. Francesca Marciano tired hurt memories 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. Francesca Marciano first-kiss lines kissing I'd rather stay asleep than have to learn all those frightening secrets. Francesca Marciano frightening secret Passion - eventually it cools. Francesca Marciano passion 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? Francesca Marciano regret beer heart It would drive me crazy to be a guest in my own house. Francesca Marciano crazy guests house When people die and especially when they die tragically, others can't help but get carried away. They come up with their implausible interpretation and usually resort to cheap psychology. A sense of fatalism is the only form of relief left. Francesca Marciano relief psychology people 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. Francesca Marciano insane world moving We knew nothing of loss. Nobody has taught us about pain. Until that moment, death had just amounted to a scary sound. Francesca Marciano taught-us pain loss It's not easy to give up something you've had all your life. Francesca Marciano giving-up easy giving I can't say why some memories float and other sink. Francesca Marciano floats i-can memories Suddenly it all seemed luminously clear. Love had very little to do with fear and emotional sabotage; love had to do with trust. Francesca Marciano sabotage emotional littles No use crying over spilled milk. Francesca Marciano milk cry use
