“The only thing a person of my age can do is fall in love secretly, silently, likeI had done with Mariana. Fall in love knowing that all is lost and there is no hope.”
“Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all. ”
“You can only do a thing for the first time once, and that goes for falling in love.”
“Is falling in love with someone's story the same thing as falling in love with the person himself?”
“God knows I had not wanted to fall in love with her. I had not wanted to fall in love with any one. But God knows I had and I lay on the bed in the room of the hospital in Milan and all sorts of things went through my head but I felt wonderful...”
“The only thing that will ever make me fall in love is: if I fall in love.”