She knew that there were all kinds of ways to make a conquest and that one of the surest roads to a woman's genitals was through her sadness.

I think, therefore I am' is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches.

Graphomania (a mania for writing books) inevitably takes on epidemic proportions when a society develops to the point of creating three basic conditions: - (1) an elevated level of general well being which allows people to devote themselves to useless activities (2) a high degree of social atomization and , as a consequence, a general isolation of individuals; (3) the absence of dramatic social changes in the nation's internal life.

"Pick me up," is the message of a person who keeps falling. Tomas kept picking her up, patiently.

Looking out over the courtyard at the dirty walls, he realized he had no idea whether it was hysteria or love.

Just imagine living in a world without mirrors. You'd dream about your face and imagine it as an outer reflection of what is inside you. And then, when you reached forty, someone put a mirror before you for the first time in your life. Imagine your fright! You'd see the face of a stranger. And you'd know quite clearly what you are unable to grasp: your face is not you.

I want you to be weak. As weak as I am.