“There is a horror that sometimes comes with being right.”

“But men are less used to the idea of being raped than women are, and it strikes them with a fresh horror. With women, that horror comes right along with the female genitals.”

“When a man sees a dying animal, horror comes over him: that which he himself is, his essence, is obviously being annihilated before his eyes--is ceasing to be. But when the dying one is a person, and a beloved person, then, besides a sense of horror at the annihilation of life, there is a feeling of severance and a spiritual wound which, like a physical wound, sometimes kills and sometimes heals, but always hurts and fears any external, irritating touch.”

“When it comes to relationships; sometimes you get it right, and sometimes it gets you right.”

“being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.”

“I never felt right being alone; sometimes it felt good but it never felt right.”