“She was experiencing the same odd happiness and odd sadness as then. The sadness meant: We are at the last station. The happiness meant: We are together. The sadness was form, the happiness content. Happiness filled the space of sadness.”

“the sadness meant: we are at the last station. The happiness meant: we are together. The sadness was form, the happiness content”

“She is sadder and sadder, and for a man there is no balm more soothing than the sadness he has caused a woman.”

“How did the senator know that children meant happiness? Could he see into their souls? What if the moment they were out of sight, three of them jumped the fourth and began beating him up?”

“She knew that there were all kinds of ways to make a conquest and that one of the surest roads to a woman's genitals was through her sadness.”

“Happiness is the longing for repetition.”

“Ah, ladies and gentlemen, a man lives a sad life when he cannot take anything or anyone seriously.”