In a thousand years time this day will have existed for a thousand years to the day. And the ignorance of the whole world about what they've said today will have a date too.

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

It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved him.

She had lived her early years as though she were waiting for something she might, but never did, become.

What stops you killing yourself when you're intoxicated out of your mind is the thought that once you're dead you won't be able to drink any more.

Oh, how good it is to be with someone, sometimes.

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