Laura was leaning against the fireplace, gazing at Paul. And Paul noticed all of a sudden that she was no longer wearing dark glasses. She held them in her hand and gazed at him, her eyes swollen and moist. He realized that for quite a while she hadn't been listening to what he was saying.

He fell silent. The room became filled with a stillness, which made him through some mysterious power move closer to her. She said, "Paul, why didn't we two meet sooner? Before all the others..."

Those words spread out between them like a mist.

-Milan Kundera Immortality