In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women.
Women see through each other, but they rarely look into themselves.
No person loving or admiring himself is alone.
In order to be happy oneself it is necessary to make at least one other person happy.
The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but cannot himself imagine that there could be other gods.
Romance fails us and so do friendships, but the relationship of parent and child, less noisy than all the others, remains indelible and indestructible, the strongest relationship on earth