Unlike life, when books become meaningless, they are making a point.
Romance is tempestuous. Love is calm.
Boredom and fear keep us working and obeying the laws.
If folly disappeared, wit would starve.
Modernism: the books are as hard to understand as life itself.
Seek and Hide: the Lover gazes at the Beloved. The Beloved looks away. The Beloved turns and looks at the Lover. The Lover runs away.