Veronika decides to die

When everyone has dreams but only a few realize them, then... It makes cowards of the rest of us.

If everyone realized their dreams, this place would be empty.

In our society we feel we must be happy. If we're not happy we feel hopeless. We feel like failures.

Well, reality is what the majority deem it to be. Not necessarily the best or the most logical, but the one that has become adapted to the desires of a society as a whole. Some things are governed by common sense, and others become fixed until more and more people believe that's the way it should be.

— Well, how long do I have? A year? Years?
— Exact estimates are impossible. Not years.
— Okay, so six months? Five months? Four months?
— It could be any time.
— It may only be a matter of weeks, at most.
— I have to wait that long?

The majority of people who attempt suicide repeat their attempts until they succeed. I took a risk in lying to her about her condition. I decided to test the only remedy I've come to have any faith in. Awareness of life. Until she finds out from some other doctor that she's perfectly healthy, she'll consider each day a miracle. Which in my view it is.

Insanity is the inability to communicate our ideas. So all of us are to one degree or another insane.

Well, desire contradicts fear. These days most people have replaced almost all their emotions with fear.

You have two choices: To control your mind or to let your mind control you.

So... Learn to think as those around you think and you can pass yourself off as anything.

In order to lose someone you must first experience authentic attachment.