“Even if no salvation should come, I want to be worthy of it at every moment.”
“Hold fast to the diary from today on! Write regularly! Don't surrender! Even if no salvation should come, I want to be worthy of it every moment.”
“I suddenly understood that if every moment of a book should be taken seriously, then every moment of a life should be taken seriously as well.”
“Every betrayal contains a perfect moment, a coin stamped heads or tails with salvation on the other side.”
“Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.”
“This is what I want. This is the only thing I've ever wanted. Everything else—every single second of every single day that has come before this very moment, this kiss—has meant nothing.”