Levin delights in the forgetfulness that movement brings, where the pleasure of doing is marvellously foreign to the striving of the will.

With the exception of love, friendship and the beauty of Art, I don't see much else that can nurture human life.

Sashimi is velvet dust, verging on silk, or a bit of both, and the extraordinary alchemy of its gossamer essence allows it to preserve a milky density unknown even by clouds.... my cheeks recalled the effects of its profound caress.

We don't recognize each other because other people have become our permanent mirrors. If we actually realized this, if we were able to become aware of the fact that we are only ever looking at ourselves in the other person, that we are alone in the wilderness, we would go crazy.

I won't get any better by punishing the people I can't heal.

What is an aristocrat? A woman who is never sullied by vulgarity, although she may be surrounded by it.

What does art do for us? It gives shape to our emotions.