 In love, we worry more about the meaning of silences than the meaning of words. |
| Reality is the name we give to our disappointments. |
| Often, when I want to consult my impulses, I cannot find them. |
| Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time. |
| A sense of blessedness comes from a change of heart, not from more blessings. |
| Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness. |
| Families in which nothing is ever discussed usually have a lot not to discuss. |
| Conscious thought is the tidying up at the end. |
| Most people regard getting their way as a matter of simple justice. |
| Few friendships could survive the moodiness of love affairs. |
| Women encourage men to be childish, then scold them. |
| Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love. |
| Kafka: cries of helplessness in twenty powerful volumes. |
| Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust. |
| The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch. |
| Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort. |
| Mistakes are the only universal form of originality. |
| Hatred observes with more care than love does. |
| Documents create a paper reality we call proof. |
| The novel avoids the sublime and seeks out the interesting. |
