“Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory.”
“Remember the botched brothel-visit in L’Education sentimentale and remember its lesson. Do not participate: happiness lies in the imagination, not the act. Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory.”
“Anticipating pain was like enduring it twice. Why not anticipate pleasure instead?”
“Anticipation is the greater part of pleasure.”
“Oh, the sweet, painful pleasure of anticipation!”
“They say anticipation makes pleasure more intense.”