Alice Borchardt Quotes

#1. Oh yes, I admire books. I still do. They can preserve a truth for twice a thousand years and teach it to any who has the skill and cares to read it. They can also fix a lie in stone forever. But worse still, they - the books - can be about nothing at all. Nothing real.

Alice Borchardt

#2. Love is eternal. That is its terror and its final beauty. Love never ends. The joy may go out of it, and, in time, even the pain may end. But it lingers like a living thing and follows you every moment of your life.

Alice Borchardt

#3. So fair a victor, how can I help but be conquered.

Alice Borchardt

#4. If death be the last thing I do, why, I pray the gods and heroes of my people that I try to do it as well as I have done more pleasant things.

Alice Borchardt

#5. Be free always, because of all things, freedom is best, though it is not easily won and must be chosen by those who will enjoy it.

Alice Borchardt

#6. Death alone gives meaning to life, and you will never fully live until you know you must die. And make your peace with that knowledge.

Alice Borchardt