Quotes by Eva Heller

we wish you everything you wish yourself Jurgen said.What do you wish yourself? Birgit asked.I felt silly I dont really have any specific wishesa new old man perhaps? Juliet said playfullybut please, not just any old man! I said.of course not just any old man! The man with whom itll all be different.

Outside the seasons passed: sun, snow, spring green, October storms . . . was this a vision of my future? When would the shunning hero come, to set the clock if my life in motion again? Would he come some morning, or in the night? In April or December? This year? Next year? I shuddered. No, I wouldnt just sit and wait. I wanted to go out. Maybe there were new men out there, better men, men whod just been waiting for me. Somewhere someone is always waiting for someone.