She might have liked to try to strangle him with those slender fingers of hers, but she wanted to make a job of it and this great patience with which she waited for her claws to grow was in itself a form of enjoyment.

If people can just love each other a little bit, they can be so happy.

If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.

Did not one spend the first half of one's days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors?

What will be the death of me are buillabaisses, food spiced with pimiento, shellfish, and a load of exquisite rubbish which I eat in disproportionate quantities.

I do not despair in the least of ultimate triumph. I repeat it with intense conviction.

They talked so, with secret hearts, without needing words, talking of other things... They could have suddenly continued their confessions aloud, without ceasing to understand each other.