Veronika decides to die

Nothing in this world happens by chance.

People struggle to get out of a coma, not to go into one.”
“People struggle to live, not to commit suicide,” replied the nurse, but Veronika ignored the remark.

We are all brought up only to love, to accept, to look for ways around things, to avoid conflict. Veronika hated everything, but mainly she hated the way she had lived her life, never bothering to discover the hundreds of other Veronikas who lived inside her and who were interesting, crazy, curious, brave, bold.

The happier people can be, the unhappier they are.

They would get used to their daughter’s death eventually. But it must be impossible to forget a shattered skull.

Obviously she could have thrown herself off one of the few tall buildings in Ljubljana, but what about the further suffering a fall from such a height would cause her parents? Apart from the shock of learning that their daughter had died, they would also have to identify a disfigured corpse; no, that was a worse solution than bleeding to death, because it would leave indelible marks on two people who only wanted the best for her.

They would get used to their daughter’s death eventually. But it must be impossible to forget a shattered skull

Nothing in this world happens by chance.”

knowing that the moon was listening and would feel proud, and that this would provoke the jealousy of the stars

all you had to do was to keep your insanity under control.

tell me this: Wouldn’t you say that trying to understand life was a real problem?”