Just as real events are forgotten, some that never were can be in our memories as if they happened.

She likes to try everything, out of curiosity, but she'll be sorry if she isn't guided by her heart.

Take advantage of it now, while you are young, and suffer all you can, because these things don't last your whole life.

She sensed it, saw my eyes wet with tears, and only then must have discovered I was no longer the man I had been, and I endured her glance with a courage I never thought I had.

She would walk through the kitchen at any hour, whenever she was hungry, and put her fork in the pots and eat a little of everything without placing anything on a plate, standing in front of the stove, talking to the serving women, who were the only ones with whom she felt comfortable, the ones she got along with best.

Love is not a condition of the spirit but a sign of the zodiac.

Jealousy knows more than truth does.