Quotes From "The Cellist Of Sarajevo" By Steven Galloway

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She felt an enveloping happiness to be alive, a joy made stronger by the certainty that someday it would all come to an end. Afterward she felt a little foolish, and never spoke to anyone about it. Now, however, she knows she wasn't being foolish. She realizes that for no particular reason she stumbled into the core of what it is to be human. It's a rare gift to under stand that you life is wondrous, and that it won't last forever. Steven Galloway
A weapon does not decide whether or not to kill....
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A weapon does not decide whether or not to kill. A weapon is a manifestation of a decision that has already been made. Steven Galloway
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You don't choose what to believe. Belief chooses you. Steven Galloway
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... life is a series of tiny, unavoidable decisions. Steven Galloway
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Do they hate the idea of her, because she's different from them, and that in this difference there might be some sort of inferiority or superiority that is hers or theirs, that in the end threatens the potential happiness of everyone? Steven Galloway
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As she rounded a corner one of her favourite songs came on the radio, and sunlight filtered through the trees the way it does with lace curtains, reminding her of her grandmother, and tears began to slide down her cheeks. Not for her grandmother, who was then still very much among the living, but because she felt an enveloping happiness to be alive, a joy made stronger by the certainty that someday it would all come to an end. It overwhelmed her, made her pull the car to the side of the road. Afterwards she felt a little foolish, and never spoke to anyone about it. Now, however, she knows she wasn’t being foolish. She realizes that for no particular reason she stumbled into the core of what it is to be human. It’s a rare gift to understand that your life is wondrous, and that it won’t last forever. . Steven Galloway
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The choices she's made have left her without choice. Steven Galloway
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It screamed downward, splitting air and sky without effort. A target expanded in size, brought into focus by time and velocity. There was a moment before impact that was the last instant of things as they were. Then the visible world exploded. Steven Galloway
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A bullet leaves evidence that a mortar doesn't. Steven Galloway
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It's a rare gift to understand that your life is wondrous, and that it won't last forever. Steven Galloway