“Passion gives me moments of wholeness”

“We efface an hour by passionate love, without twists, without aftertaste. When it is finished, it is not finished, we lie still in each other's arms lulled by our love, by tenderness -- sensuality in which the whole being can participate.”

“Strange, isn't it, that no chemical will give a human being the iridescence that illusions have given them? Give me your hat.”

“The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison, was the miracle.”

“The source of sexual power is curiosity, passion. You are watching its little flame die of asphyxiation.”

“For you and for me the highest moment, the keenest joy, is not when our minds dominate but when we lose our minds, and you and I both lose it in the same way, through love.”

“Everything with me is either worship and passion or pity and understanding. I hate rarely, though when I hate, I hate murderously. For example now, I hate the bank and everything connected with it. I also hate Dutch paintings, penis-sucking, parties, and cold rainy weather. But I am much more preoccupied with loving.”