One day you are an apprentice, and everybody's pet; the next, you are coldly expected to deliver. There is never sufficient warning that the second day is coming.

Revenge leads to an empty fullness, like eating dirt.

Desire is in men a hunger, in women only an appetite.

Even in the same family, one child will always instinctively know when to ask for things, and another won't.

Desire creates havoc when it is the only thing between two people, or when it is what's missing.

Anything you lose automatically doubles in value.

Naturally, the neurotic wants you to love him twice as much, for he's going to cut it in half anyway.