“No amount of promises can guarantee love”

“If you never left anything or anyone there would be no room for the new. Naturally, to move on is an infidelity -- to others, to the past, to old notions of oneself. Perhaps every day should contain at least one essential infidelity or necessary betrayal. It would be an optimistic, hopeful act, guaranteeing belief in the future -- a declaration that things can be not only different but better.”

“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.”

“Love cannot be measured by its duration...”

“Nothing can be repaired or advanced but only accepted”