Flirting is a promise of sexual intercourse without a guarantee.
Happiness is the longing for repetition.
Modern stupidity means not ignorance but the nonthought of received ideas
Merely by being born intelligent, you right away find yourself in absolute exile.
The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead.
The young man called the waiter and paid. Then he got up and said to the girl: 'We're going.' Where to?' The girl feigned surprise. Don't ask, just come on,' said the young man. Is that any way to talk to me?' It's the way I talk to whores.