Isn't it a shame military doctors couldn't be as good as military sunglasses?

But no one walks out of his family without reprisals: a family is too disciplined an army to offer compassion to its deserters.

I was the only person in the world who thought it was a military duty to appear to be in a good mood.

We set down feasts for each other and treated our love with tongues of fire. Our bodies were fields of wonder to us.

In families, there are no crimes beyond forgiveness.

He was one of those rare men who are capable of being fully in love only once in their lives.

I do not have any other way of saying it. I think it happens but once and only to the very young when it feels like your skin could ignite at the mere touch of another person. You get to love like that but once.