“But our lives are the reasons why we want to live another time”
“the reason why we live is the reason we die”
“After all, that's why we read historical fiction-to be transported to another time, and to be astonished at ancient people's lives and traditions, just as they would probably be astonished at ours.”
“It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.”
“Our lives are constantly changing. Different things become relevant at different times in our lives. We are motivated by our changing sensibilities. Why can that not be applied to art?”
“Not caring for their lives' is it?Why, what in the world is there that we should care for if it's not our lives, the only gift the Lord never offers us a second time.”