I found myself both touched and irritated by the discovery that she was vulnerable.
Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal.
I've read Proust and Stendhal. That keeps you in your place.
I like men to behave like men. I like them strong and childish.
I think the best way to waste time is to try to save time.
Illness is the opposite of freedom. It makes everything impossible.