All This and Heaven Too
“I must say that I prefer comedy. It’s a sign of getting old, they say, but I can’t help it. There is tragedy enough in the world. I don’t think we have to buy our tears.”
“It will last, as long as it is remembered.”
“Humor is a wonderful thing and we shouldn’t waste any of it that comes our way.”
“Sometimes I pay for what I never had.”
“I believe, no matter what our despair, there is a Heaven on this Earth for each of us, if we can only find it.”
“If love is right, it is the most precious gift in the world. But you must be sure, very sure, that it is right. For if it isn’t, there is no worse agony.”
“There are some things that are useless to fight against, Monsieur, and one of them is another woman’s jealousy.”
“I would talk to you by the hour, if we could do so with calmness and sanity.”
“Sick or well, we are not meant to suffocate in this world.”
“’It is within my power to give you happiness when you are young or happiness when you are old. Which shall it be?’ The Princess pondered in deep thought. ‘It is a hard choice, dear Godmother, but if I spend my share of happiness while I am young, then I shall have nothing left to look forward to. So, let me have my happiness when I am old and may heaven send me patience.’”