[...] marriage is one thing, and love is another...You need to have a solid canvas; nobody stops you to weave the arabesques...

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

The longer the road to love, the keener is the pleasure.

Love born of anxiety resembles a thorn shaped so that efforts to pull it out of one's flesh merely cause it to penetrate more deeply therein.

We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.