Sometimes I ask myself what would I be if Jenny were alive. And then I answer : I would also be alive." - Oliver. Erich Segal More Quotes by Erich Segal More Quotes From Erich Segal True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. Erich Segal valentines-day inspiring love We have turned doctors into gods and worship their deity by offering up our bodies and our souls - not to mention our worldly goods. And yet paradoxically, they are the most vulnerable of human beings. Their suicide rate is eight times the national average. Their percentage of drug addiction is one hundred times higher And because they are painfully aware that they cannot live up to our expectations, their anguish is unquantifiably intense. They have aptly been called 'wounded healers.' " ~ Barney Livingston, M.D. (Doctors, 1989) Erich Segal doctors eight suicide Some were brilliant bordering on genius. Others, genius bordering on madness Erich Segal brilliant madness genius Love means not ever having to say you're sorry. Erich Segal sad sorry love It takes someone very special to help you forget someone very special. Erich Segal special helping forget Professors of classics - not even a professor of English - professors of classics, they're something sacred; it's almost like being a priest. Erich Segal professors sacred priests And then I did what I had never done in his presence, much less in his arms. I cried. Erich Segal tears tragedy done Part of being a big winner is the ability to be a big loser. There is no paradox involved. It is a distinctly Harvard thing to be able to turn any defeat into victory Erich Segal victory loser able This isn't a watercolor, it's a mural. Erich Segal mural watercolors I was afraid of being rejected, yes. I was also afraid of being accepted for the wrong reasons. Erich Segal accepted reason love The explanations for the things we do in life are many and complex. Supposedly mature adults should live by logic, listen to their reason. Think things out before they act. But maybe they never heard what Dr. London told me one, Freud said that for the little things in life we should react according to our reason. But for really big decisions, we should heed what our unconscious tells us. Erich Segal things-in-life decision thinking Quiet heroism or youthful idealism, or both? What do we know? That life without heroism and idealism is not worth living - or that either can be fatal? Erich Segal idealism heroism quiet although science could pinpoint the exact spot in the brain that ignites rage, they had yet to identify the location that produces love. Erich Segal location rage brain He had then warned his daughter not to violate the Eleventh Commandment. "Which one is that?" I asked her. "Do not bullshit thy father," she said. Erich Segal bullshit daughter father What can you say about a twenty-five year old girl who died? That she was beautiful and brilliant. That she loved Mozart and Bach. The Beatles. And me. Erich Segal girl beautiful years What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died? Erich Segal girl twenties years Sometimes I amaze even myself. Erich Segal sometimes There was a brief silence. I think I heard snow falling. Erich Segal snow fall thinking Jenny, if you're so convinced I'm a loser, why did you bulldoze me into buying you coffee?' She looked me straight in the eye and smiled. 'I like your body,' she said. Erich Segal bulls body eye What term do you employ when you speak of your progenitor?" I answered with the term I'd always wanted to employ. "Sonovabitch." "To his face?" she asked. "I never see his face." "He wears a mask?" "In a way, yes. Of stone. Of absolute stone. Erich Segal stones faces way
