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For what is love if one loves a woman without knowing her? Just a decision to love? Or even an imitation? The question concerns us all: If, from our c...more

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given the nature of the human couple, the love of a man and a woman is a priori inferior to that which can exist (at least in the best instances) in t...more

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Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's beautiful.

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You can't measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.

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On her way toward the shore, she kept coming across weekend tourists. Every cluster of them presented the same pattern: the man was pushing a stroller...more

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...because love is continual interrogation. I don't know of a better definition of love.(in that case my friend Hubl would have pointe out to me, no o...more

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Perhaps the reason we are unable to love is that we yearn to be loved, that is, we demand something (love) from our partner instead of delivering ours...more

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(God) being the old man invented in order to, and with whom to, hold long conversations.

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for the first time in his life, sex is located away from all danger, away from conflict and drama, away from persecution, away from any accusation, aw...more

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So she stood naked in front of the young man and at this moment stopped playing the game.

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In Irena’s head the alcohol plays a double role: it frees her fantasy, encourages her boldness, makes her sensual, and at the same time it dims her me...more

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He took her in his arms and lifted her up. She looked at him and he noticed only now that her eyes were full of tears. He pressed her to him. She unde...more

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We don't know when our name came into being or how some distant ancestor acquired it. We don't understand our name at all, we don't know its history, ...more

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The physical contact with people who struck and trampled and killed one another seemed far worse to him than a solitary death in the purity of the wat...more

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Those who had fought for what they called the revolution maintained a great pride: the pride of being on the correct side of the front lines. Ten or t...more