19 Quotes by Francesca Serritella

People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

Anguish is distinguished from fear in that fear is fear of beings in the world whereas anguish is anguish before myself. Vertigo is anguish to the extent that I am afraid not of falling over the precipice, but of throwing myself over.

Tragedy taints a person, and no one wants to touch that sadness, just in case it spreads.

The life is false. It's just death reanimated. Life may spring from death, but it's tainted. There's no escape from the remains of the dead.

The universe will always have its secrets.

Stars don't project the future, they reflect the past.

All of our stories end, one way or another. The stars are a reflection of the past, what you leave behind.

You can see more in total darkness than you ever could in light.

It is far easier and more pleasant to imagine happy endings, however farfetched, in all their vivid, rainbow colors than it is to face each day's reality and let time and fortune do their worst.