Disbelief is more resistant than faith because it is sustained by the senses.

Nevertheless, no matter how much they killed themselves with work, no matter how much money they eked out, and no matter how many schemes they thought of, their guardian angels were asleep with fatigue while they put in coins and took them out trying to get just enough to live with.

Inspiration gives no warnings.

For they had lived together long enough to know that love was always love, anytime and anyplace, but it was more solid the closer it came to death.

Intrigued by that enigma, he dug so deeply into her sentiments that in search of interest he found love, because by trying to make her love him he ended up falling in love with her.

The people one loves should take all their things with them when they die.

A man should have two wives: one to love and one to sew on his buttons.