“But in love each moment is magnified, and every gesture, word and syllable is examined like a speech by the President.”

“...I love 'yes.' It's practically the most interesting word of all, don't you think?" Like a hinge opening a door outward. Yes, yes, yes.”

“Behind every vocation there is a fetish.”

“The vocation of each writer is to describe the world as he or she sees it; anything more than that is advertising.”

“Without love, most of life remains concealed. Nothing is as fascinating as love, unfortunately.”

“I don't want to be loved. I want to be desired. Love is safety, but desire is foul.”

“Falling in love was simple; one had only to yield. Digesting another person, however, and sustaining love, was bloody work, and not a soft job.”