I Shall Live Badly If I Do

He Refused Categorically All Ideas Of Fidelity Or Serious Commitments. He Explained That They Were Arbitrary And Sterile. From Anyone Else Such Views Would Have Shocked Me, But I Knew That In His Case They Did Not Exclude Tenderness And Devotion - Feelings Which Came All The More Easily To Him Since He Was Determined That They Should Be Transient.

Only By Pursuing The Extremes In One's Nature, With All Its Contradictions, Appetites, Aversions, Rages, Can One Hope To Understand A Little - Oh, I Admit Only A Very Little - Of What Life Is About.

I Found Myself Both Touched And Irritated By The Discovery That She Was Vulnerable.

Looking For Pleasure Is The Best Way To Ensure You Won't Find It.

Every Little Girl Knows About Love. It Is Only Her Capacity To Suffer Because Of It That Increases.