“A baby's cry is precisely as serious as it sounds.”

“Happiness ceases to be a normal condition of being alive, and becomes a goal.”

“The door made the usual, terrifying sound of a door.”

“As it so often does, an impulsive, daring suddenly - and too late - seemed seriously flawed in its conception and its inability to be retracted.”

“Some must cry so that others may be able to laugh the more heartily. Sacrifices are necessary...”

“The rumble of the life outside was like the sound of the sea which was rising gradually around her.”

“The Archangel took his role of fucker seriously. It made him sing the Marseillaise, for now he was proud of being a Frenchman and a Gallic cock, of which only males are proud. Then he died in the war.”