I've been in love and it doesn't last. And when it's over, it's hell for a while. And then one discovers that life goes on. Eventually, one falls in love again. This pattern repeats itself until one is too jaded to believe in it anymore, or too old for all the upheaval.

But when I close my eyes, I'm more like THIS under the surface: I'm laughing and scheming and dreaming.

I've been in love and it doesn't last. And when it's over, it's hell for a while. And then one discovers that life goes on. Eventually, one falls in love again. This pattern repeats itself until one is too jaded to believe in it anymore, or too old for all the upheaval.

There were times, however, when a man had to make a strategic retreat to win the game.

That makes sense, I suppose. But for me, reading is an adventure. It makes me an armchair traveler and takes me places I shall never be able to go.

A woman could be as beautiful as she felt herself to be.

One couldn't spend one's entire life waiting for life to start.