Quotes by O. O. Ellis

“By four o'clock, I've discounted suicide in favor of killing everyone else in the entire world instead.””

“Crete, May 1941. It was nearly five o’clock when the three soldiers reached the end of the olive grove. The dust-filled air shimmered in the late-afternoon heat. Their bodies ached, their uniforms were caked with dirt and sweat and they were hungry, thirsty and exhausted. The sensible thing now would be to lay up where they were for a few hours’ rest, then finish the journey under cover of darkness. But there was a tight deadline to meet. The evacuation vessel was scheduled to leave at midnight and they had been warned the captain wouldn’t wait for stragglers.””

“Fridays are absolutely without a doubt the best day of the week, five grueling days of the same routine seem to melt at three o'clock on Friday afternoon. There's a sense of magic there, everything smells better, tastes better, and the colors are brighter. As opposed to Sunday evenings when everything begins to get dim all over again.””

“Aș fi vrut să fiu un copac sau să am puterea să las viața să-mi crească singură de undeva din burtă sau de sub coaste și să se răspândească apoi prin mâini și prin picioare,prin gât și prin fiecare fir de păr,în orice direcție ar fi vrut ea,ca un trandafir care se cațără pe o casă.Așa aș vrea să mă cațăr pe lume.””

“Non investivo nel mondo reale – perché avrei dovuto? Non era fatto per me o per i miei bisogni o desideri.””

“She left her heels here. God, of all the things she could have left”