The warfare between the unaroused male and female is constant and ferocious. Each blames the other for his loss of soul.

He said, "I am a man," and that meant certain things to Juana. It meant that he was half insane and half god.

To a monster the norm must seem monstrous, since everyone is normal to himself.

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.

For it is said that humans are never satisfied, that you give them one thing and they want something more. And this is said in disparagement, whereas it is one of the greatest talents the species has and one that has made it superior to animals that are satisfied with what they have.

The theater is the only institution in the world which has been dying for four thousand years and has never succumbed. It requires tough and devoted people to keep it alive.

It is the hour of pearl—the interval between day and night when time stops and examines itself.