“It's a curse to see all that might happen but never know what will.”

“It's like my whole life never happened,
When I see you, it's as if I never had a thought.
I know this dream, it might be crazy,
But it's the only one I've got.”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

“… as long as nothing happens between them, the memory is cursed with what hasn't happened.”

Marguerite Duras book Blue Eyes, Black Hair

“Truly it is a sad thing for a people, as for a man, to fall into Scepticism, into dilettantism, insincerity; not to know Sincerity when they see it. For this world, and for all worlds, what curse is so fatal?”

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher

“I haven’t the slightest interest in being happy. I prefer to live life passionately, which is dangerous because you never know what might happen next.”

Paulo Coelho book Adultery

“You never know when you might be seeing someone for the last time.”

Marilynne Robinson book Housekeeping

“What I was seeing wasn't what was happening at all.”

Jackson Browne (1948) American singer-songwriter

“It’s hard to understand other people, to know what’s hidden in their hearts, and without the assistance of alcohol it might never be done at all.”

Michel Houellebecq (1956) writer

“And what they don't see,
Is what is killing me.
It's blessing and a curse
That love is blind.”

Garth Brooks (1962) American country music artist

“Never give up… No one knows what's going to happen next.”

L. Frank Baum (1856–1919) Children's writer, editor, journalist, screenwriter