“If the thing you want beyond anything cannot be, it is much better to recognize it and go forward, instead of dwelling on one's regrets and hopes.”

“I know when a couple are really in love with each other. And by that I do not mean just sexually attracted. There is too much talk about sex, too much attention is paid to it. I do not mean that anything about sex is wrong. That is nonsense. But sex cannot take the place of love, it goes with love, but cannot succeed by itself.”

“No sign, so far, of anything sinister—but I live in hope.”

“One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.”

“Yes, yes-you will give him the earth-because you love him. Love him too much for safety or for happiness. But you cannot give to people what they are incapable of receiving.”

“If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.”

“Write even when you don't want to, don't much like what you are writing, and aren't writing particularly well.”