Quotes from book

Laughable Loves

“The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.”

“But what had happened, had happened, and it was no longer possible to right anything.”

“She was aware that in love even the most passionate idealism will not rid the body's surface of its terrible, basic importance.”

“Ah, ladies and gentlemen, a man lives a sad life when he cannot take anything or anyone seriously.”

“Yes, it's a well-known fact about you: you're like death, you take everything.”

“It was futile to attack with reason the stout wall of irrational feelings that, as is known, is the stuff of which the female mind is made.”

“Jealousy isn't a pleasant quality, but if it isn't overdone (and if it's combined with modesty), apart from its inconvenience there's even something touching about it.”

“Fortunately women have the miraculous ability to change the meaning of their actions after the event.”

“A man is responsible for his ignorance.”