A few days later, I found my mother beneath the tree, motionless with excitement, her head turned toward the heavens in which she would allow human religions no place.

The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.

The day after that wedding night I found that a distance of a thousand miles, abyss and discovery and irremediable metamorphosis, separated me from the day before.

Time spent with a cat is never wasted.

No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

I've entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.