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.

Life had already given him sufficient reasons for knowing that no defeat was the final one.

I’ve remained a virgin for you.

Her nakedness was not absolute, for like Manet's _Olympia__, behind her ear she had a poisonous flower with orange petals, and she also wore a gold bangle on her right wrist and a necklace of tiny pearls. I imagined I would never see anything more exciting for as long as I lived, and today I can confirm that I was right.

For you was I born, for you do I have life, for you will I die, for you am I now dying.

A person does not belong to a place until there is someone dead under the ground.

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.