Eternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time.

I couldn't have thought of her more. Even vacancy was crowded with her.

All the emotions have something in common. People are quite aware of the sorrow there always is in lust, but they are not so aware of the lust there is in sorrow.

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

The argument of danger only applies to those who live in relative safety.

A brain is only capable of what it could conceive, andit couldnt concieve what it hasnt experienced

One forgets so quickly one's own youth.