“Jealousy isn't a pleasant quality, but if it isn't overdone (and if it's combined with modesty), apart from its inconvenience there's even something touching about it.”
“There's a point at which when I start to know a man well--this isn't true of women--I wonder whether there's something in him that's evil. Something that's pure and can't be touched. This quality of evil may be related to the quality of artistry, for an artist has the same characteristics.”
“Isn't it funny the way some combinations of words can give you--almost apart from their meaning--a thrill like music?”
“A life isn't measured in hours and minutes. It's the quality, not the length.”
“It's something about the inevitability. How nothing can keep them apart--not her selfishness, or his evil, or even death, in the end...their love is their only redeeming quality.”
“Like a flame is real enough, isn't it, while it's burning?-even if there's a time it goes out?”