“Most people, including yourself, apparently, think The Moldau is about a river. It is not. It is a metaphor. It is about the progress of life, from its fragile beginnings through its joys and turbulence and on to its end, its magnificent end.”
“What's the point of thinking about how it's going to end when it's just the beginning?”
“And that's when I know it's over. As soon as you start thinking about the beginning, it's the end.”
“The end mirrors the beginning. In the end, its about a woman & a city.”
“And in the end, of course, a true war story is never about war. It's about sunlight. It's about the special way that dawn spreads out on a river when you know you must cross the river and march into the mountains and do things you are afraid to do. It's about love and memory. It's about sorrow. It's about sisters who never write back and people who never listen.”
“Life isn't about finding yourself. It's mostly about chocolate.”