I am dead. I have no desire for you. My body no longer wants the one who doesn’t love.

People come to Paris, to the capital, to give their lives a sense of belonging, of an almost mythical participation in society.

Life is only lived full-time by women with children.

Stormy skies, says Ernesto. He grieved for them. Summer rain. Childhood.

Drinking isn't necessarily the same as wanting to die. But you can't drink without thinking you're killing yourself.

A house means a family house, a place specially meant for putting children and men in so as to restrict their waywardness and distract them from the longing for adventure and escape they've had since time began.

I know all one can know when one knows nothing.