Joking is a barrier between man and the world. Joking is the enemy of love and poetry.

Sensuality is the total mobilization of the senses: an individual observes his partner intently, straining to catch every sound.

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

she loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. It had the same significance for her as an elegant cane for the dandy a century ago. It differentiated her from others.

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

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

Before we are forgotten, we will be turned into kitsch. Kitsch is the stopover between being and oblivion.