“The appreciation of pleasure can be the anchor of humanity.”
“Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness.”
“No man, unless he be dead in living, can feel at anchor in this life.”
“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”
“Two human beings anchored to one another are like two ships shaken by waves; their carcases collide with one another and creak.”
“It's wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that you can add to someone else's enjoyment is an act of humanity by which you always gain more than you lose.”