“Well, Mr. Antichrist, that’s all for the present!”

“Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.”

“What’s true of all the evils in the world is true of plague as well. It helps men to rise above themselves.”

“He has forgotten how to hope. This hell of the present is his Kingdom at last. All problems recover their sharp edge. Abstract evidence retreats before the poetry of forms and colors. Spiritual conflicts become embodied and return to the abject and magnificent shelter of man’s heart. None of them is settled. But all are transfigured.”

“True generosity toward the future consists in giving everything to the present.”

“The absurd hero's refusal to hope becomes his singular ability to live in the present with passion.”

“I have always loved everything about you. Even what I didn’t understand. And I have always known that, at heart, I would have you no different. But most people don’t know how to love. Nothing is enough for them. They must have their dreams. It’s the only thing they do well. Dreaming. They dream up obligations. New ones every day. They long for undiscovered countries, fresh demands, another call. While some of us are left with the knowledge that love can never wait. A shared bed, a hand in yours, that’s the only thing that matters. The worst thing of all is fear. The fear of being alone.”