“Sé que me pareció hermosa. Pero no consigo evocar su hermosura.”

“Eu concedera-lhe um pequeno nicho, exactamente um nicho, que era importante para mim, que me dava algo e pelo qual eu fazia alguma coisa, mas não um lugar na minha vida.”

“Pensei que, quando se deixa passar o momento certo, quando alguém recusou algo tempo de mais, quando nos é recusado algo tempo de mais, esse algo chega forçosamente demasiado tarde mesmo que seja realmente desejado com força e acolhido com alegria.”

“Afinal eu sabia por experiência própria que a vergonha nos força a ter um comportamento esquivo, defensivo, a ocultar e a simular as coisas, inclusivamente a ferir os outros.”

“When we open ourselvesyou yourself to me and I myself to you,when we submergeyou into me and I into youwhen we vanishinto me you and into you IThenam I meand you are you.”

“It is hard for me to imagine that I felt good about behaving like that. I also remember that the smallest gesture of affection would bring a lump to my throat, whether it was directed at me or at someone else. Sometimes all it took was a scene in a movie. This juxtaposition of callousness and extreme sensitivity seemed suspicious even to me. ”

“I took all the blame. I admitted mistakes I hadn't made, intentions I'd never had. Whenever she turned cold and hard, I begged her to be good to me again, to forgive me and love me. Sometimes I had the feeling that she hurt herself when she turned cold and rigid. As if what she was yearning for was the warmth of my apologies, protestations, and entreaties. Sometimes I thought she just bullied me. But either way, I had no choice.”