“In the instant that you love someone,
In the second that the hammer hits,
Reality runs up your spine,
And the pieces finally fit.”

“Your body is like a piece of dynamite. You can tap it with a pencil all day, but you'll never make it explode. You hit it once with a hammer: Bang! Get serious. Do 40 hard minutes, not an hour and half of nonsense. It's so much more rewarding.”

“Ah, the poverty, the shortness the disappointment of human joy! For in reality car en realite, what is the duration of the supreme moment of love? It is nothing, an instant, a second perhaps. A second of ecstasy, and after that- dust, ashes, nothingness.”

“Do you think it's possible to finally decide that you really, truly love someone but not end up marrying him?”

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”

“Everyone wants someone they can hold and love. Someone who will be there to help pick up the pieces when everything falls apart. (Acheron)”

“Admire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer.”

“But I also meant that loving someone really opening your heart to them is just asking to have your heart smashed and handed back to you in little pieces.”

“And for one second, it was like I could feel the timing clicking together, finally pieces falling into place.”

“Smoking is similar to hitting yourself over the head with
a hammer because, when you stop, you feel better”