When you put a man and a woman together, there are some things they simply have to do. They embrace, they warm each other. All the rest is dead and empty.

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When I say "I," I mean a thing absolutely unique, not to be confused with any other.

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The spontaneity of slaps is sincerity, whereas the ceremonial of caresses is largely convention.

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Behind everything we feel, there is always a sense of fear.

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Everyone has, inside himself ... what shall I call it? A piece of good news! Everyone is ... a very great, very important character.

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It so difficult to know what the people we love really need.

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Killing time is the chief end of our society.

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When you want to believe in something, you also have to believe in everything that's necessary for believing in it.

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Nobody is bound by any obligation unless it has first been freely accepted.

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The first temptation, upon meeting an old friend after many years, is always to - look the other way.

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