Erich Maria Remarque. The life of a loan (№ 273523)

... I would have jumped to life as if she is my enemy or a lover, I'd enjoy it until I fell down... Is better than... - He interrupted himself. - However, maybe I wailed and crawled, begging fate for another hour, another day or another minute... did that in my eyes the people from whom I least expected. Nobody knows anything in advance.