Even when the winds of misfortune blow, amazing things can still happen.

She let him finish, scratching his head with the tips of her fingers, and without his having revealed that he was weeping from love, she recognized immediately the oldest sobs in the history of man.

the bells of glory that announced to the world the good news that the uncountable time of eternity had come to an end

I plead youth as a mitigating circumstance.

It is impossible to explain. But what I like most is to eat.

A great commotion immobilized her in her center of gravity, planted her in her place, and her defensive will was demolished by the irresistible anxiety to discover what the orange bells and whistles and the invisible globes on the other side of death were like.

...they enjoyed the miracle of loving each other as much at the table as in bed, and they grew to be so happy that even when they were two worn-out old people they kept on blooming like children and playing together like dogs.