“Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical.”
Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906) Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet
Hedda, Act IV
Hedda Gabler (1890)
“For lovers, touch is metamorphosis. All the parts of their bodies seem to change, and they seem to become something different and better.”
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American novelist and short story writer 1912–1982Related quotes
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Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist
Variant: You know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon... everything's different.
