Nothing is more repugnant to me than brotherly feelings grounded in the common baseness people see in one another.

But what had happened, had happened, and it was no longer possible to right anything.

He Kept recalling her lying on his bed; she reminded him of no one in his former life.

Fortunately women have the miraculous ability to change the meaning of their actions after the event.

Dreaming is not merely an act of communication (or coded communication, if you like); it is also an aesthetic activity, a game of the imagination, a game that is a value in itself. Our dreams prove that to imagine--to dream about things that have not happened--is among mankind's deepest needs. Herein lies the danger. If dreams were not beautiful, they would be quickly forgotten.

Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.

given the nature of the human couple, the love of a man and a woman is a priori inferior to that which can exist (at least in the best instances) in the love between man and dog...It is a completely selfless love.