Such are the Splendors and Miseries of memory: it is proud of its ability to keep truthful track of the logical sequence of past events; but when it comes to how we experienced them at the time, memory feels no obligation to truth.

Any new possibility that existence acquires, even the least likely, transforms everything about existence.

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

Leroy interrupted Chantal's fantasies: "Freedom? As you live our your desolation, you can be either unhappy or happy. Having that choice is what constitutes your freedom. You're free to melt your own individuality into the cauldron of the multitude either with a feeling of defeat or euphoria.

a man possessed with peace is always smiling

Aren't we living in a world where heedless men only desire decapitated women?

I think I am a much better actor than I have allowed myself to be.