Herbert Achternbusch quotes

  • Funerals are important rituals. They don't just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived.

  • I think death has a right to its own courage and dignity and self-respect.

  • There's something dreadfully decisive about a beheading.

  • If happiness always depends on something expected in the future, we are chasing a will-o'-the-wisp that ever eludes our grasp, until the future, and ourselves, vanish into the abyss of death.

  • When the guy says go, you start to suffer - or you might as well not be out there. It's a small piece of your life, make it hurt.

  • My forgiving you doesn't make my heart hurt less. It takes awhile to heal.

  • No man has ever loved a woman as much as I love you. Nothing will ever come before you. I don’t know what else I have to do to prove to you that I won’t let you down again. I won’t hurt you. You don’t have to be alone anymore. I need you.

  • When you love someone, you can't lie to them. It hurts to much. It's a deception that goes too deep.

  • He closed his eyes and let out a jagged breath. "Okay." He settled between my legs holding himself over me. "I've never been with a virgin, Eva. I'm going to try real hard not to hurt you." "Will it hurt you?" I asked, thinking about his pained expression when he'd said I was too tight. He smiled, "It's going to be the closest to heaven I'll ever get, baby.

  • A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.