“One must have at least a readiness to love the other person, broadly speaking, if one is to be able to understand him.”

“Everyone, he went on, speaks a language he does not understand, but which now and then is understood by others. That is enough to permit one to exist and at least to be misunderstood.”

“My being charming…is not quite enough to induce me to marry. I must find other people charming - one other person at least.”

“Anyone who has ever been able to sustain good work has had at least one person--and often many--who have believed in him or her. We just don't get to be competent human beings without a lot of different investments from others.”

“The point is, the way to speak to the universal is through the particular. The broad message might appear to speak to everyone, but really it speaks to no one deeply. When you focus on the particular, even though it seems counterintuitive, by communicating just one thing to just one person, you say everything to everyone.”

“Our love was a two-person game. At least until one of us died, and the other became a murderer.
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