“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”
“It would in retrospect appear to be a stop on a narrative path that was inevitable, but this is only because most events, most paths, feel inevitable in retrospect.”
“...stupidity is one of the two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances.”
“Aren't all the heartbreaking days always the most beautiful ones?”
“It has taken me years of struggle, hard work, and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art of writing to realize that it would take as many years of concentrated effort to write one simple, beautiful sentence.”
“You can pretend for a long time, but one day it all falls away and you are alone. We are alone in the most beautiful place in the world...”