The most essential and fundamental aspect of culture is the study of literature, since this is an education in how to picture and understand human situations.

Socrates wrote nothing. Christ wrote nothing.

Anything that consoles is fake.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

The entry of a child into any situation changes the whole situation.

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

We can only learn to love by loving.