Conflict is the soul of literature.
Sex doesn't disappear, it just changes forms.
A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
The trick is not how much pain you feel - but how much joy you feel