Women flirt to keep their stock high, men to get somewhere.
We're seldom drawn to a character we admire; only to a personality we like.
Love is often gentle, desire always a rage.
Many marriages are simply working partnerships between businessmen and housekeepers.
You can't truthfully explain your smallest action without fully revealing your character.
Once you become self-conscious, there is no end to it; once you start to doubt, there is no room for anything else.