There is nothing like early promiscuous sex for dispelling life's bright mysterious expectations.
There is no triumph of good, and if there were it would not be a triumph of good.
Every artist is an unhappy lover.
Jealousy comes from self-love rather than from true love.
It was like hunting fish with an underwater gun, a sport which he had once been foolish enough to try. At one moment there is the fish - graceful, mysterious, desirable and free - and the next moment there is nothing but struggling and blood and confusion.
Of course reading and thinking are important but, my God, food is important too. How fortunate we are to be food-consuming animals. Each meal should be a treat and one ought to bless every day which brings with it a good digestion and the precious gift of hunger.