and realized that death was not only a permanent probability, as he had always believed, but an immediate reality.

I became aware that the invincible power that has moved the world is unrequited, not happy, love.

Jealousy knows more than truth does.

When I sit down to write, which is the essential moment in my life, I am completely alone. Whenever I write a book, I accumulate a lot of documentation. That background material is the most intimate part of my private life. It's a little embarrassing - like being seen in your underwear It's like the way magicians never tell others how they make a dove come out of a hat.

Although some men who were easy with their words said that it was worth sacrificing one’s life for a night of love with such an arousing woman, the truth was that no one made any effort to do so. Perhaps, not only to attain her but also to conjure away her dangers, all that was needed was a feeling as primitive and as simple as that of love, but that was the only thing that did not occur to anyone.

The world was reduced to the surface of her skin and her inner self was safe from all bitterness.

Children's lies are signs of great talent.