we had made love without love, half-dressed most of the time and always in the dark so we could imagine ourselves as better than we were.

The people of the United States are one of the people I most admire in the world. The only thing I don't understand is why a country that manages to do so well cannot do better in choosing its president.

I have learned that a man has the right and obligation to look down at another man, only when that man needs help to get up from the ground.

It was the year they fell into devastating love. Neither one could do anything except think about the other, dream about the other, and wait for letters with the same impatience they felt when they answered them.

She searched the truth with an anguish almost as great as her terrible fear of finding it .

Music is important for one's health.

When he went through the kitchen he kissed Rebeca on the forehead. "Get those bad thoughts out of your head," he told her. "You're going to be happy.