"I want to feel the rain on my face, to smile at any man I feel attracted to, to accept all the coffees men might buy for me. I want to kiss my mother, tell her I love her, weep in her lap, unashamed of showing my feelings, because they were always there even though I hid them.
I might go into a church and look at those images that never meant anything to me and see if they say something to me now... I want to give myself to one man, to the city, to life and, finally, to death." --From Paulo Coelho's Veronika Decides to Die
Veronika's speech after her failed suicide attempt. After being told she only has a few months to live. She was not poor, grew up in a good family, healthy, beautiful. Young. She is talking to Dr. Igor. I wonder what he is thinking about the patient he carefully saved. But I hoped Veronika told this to Eduard instead. Because later he tells her:
"I want to tell you that I love you. You don't have to believe me."
But I believe him, even though he has schizophrenia.
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