No one is more conventional than a woman who is falling out of love.
Art must take reality by surprise.
Marriage? It's like asparagus eaten with vinaigrette or hollandaise, a matter of taste but of no importance.
Unhappiness has nothing to teach, and resignation is ugly.
A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.
I've read Proust and Stendhal. That keeps you in your place.