“Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.”

“Sincerity is far more valuable than any deed or gesture done for the sake of gaining respect for what we have done for others.”

“The dollar bill is above many other currencies. In other words, paper is more valuable than silver and gold.”

“There seems to be no agent more effective than another person in bringing a world for oneself alive, or, by a glance, a gesture, or a remark, shriveling up the reality in which one is lodged.”

“There is no gesture more devastating than the back turning away.”

“A good reputation is more valuable than money.”
Honesta fama melior pecunia est.

“The byproduct is sometimes more valuable than the product.”

“I love words very much. I've always loved to talk, and I've always love words — the words that rest in your mouth, what words mean and how you taste them and so on. And for me the spoken word can be used almost as a gesture.”

“Love turns a heart to crystal… Much more valuable, but much more fragile.”

“The most successful ideological effects are those which have no need of words, and ask no more than complicitous silence”