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You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you.
Veronika Decides to Die (1998)
I'll tell everyone that the children are my reason for living, when in reality my life is their reason for living.
Veronika Decides to Die (1998)
The great problem with poisoning by Bitterness was that the passions — hatred, love, despair, enthusiasm, curiosity — also ceased to manifest themselves.
Veronika Decides to Die (1998)
You are someone who is different, but who wants to be the same as everyone else. And that in my view is a serious illness. God chose you to be different. Why are you disappointing God with this kind of attitude?
Veronika Decides to Die (1998)
On 11 November 1997, Veronika decided that the moment to kill herself had — at last! — arrived.
Veronika Decides to Die (1998)
Veronika brought her interior monologue to a close and made a promise to herself: she would not leave Villete alive. It was best to put an end to everything now, while she was still brave and healthy enough to die.
Veronika Decides to Die (1998)
When she opened her eyes, Veronika did not think "this must be heaven". Heaven would never use a fluorescent tube to light a room, and the pain — which started a fraction of a second later — was typical of the Earth. Ah, that Earth pain — unique, unmistakable.
Veronika Decides to Die (1998)