"What made you fall in love with a prostitute?”“I didn’t understand it myself at the time. But I’ve thought about it since, and I think it was because, knowing that your body would never be mine alone, I had to concentrate on conquering your soul."
"When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself."
"No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it"
"The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility."
"Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they're not. When two bodies meet, it is just the cup overflowing. They can stay together for hours, even days. They begin the dance one day and finish it the next, or--such is the pleasure they experience--they may never finish it. No eleven minutes for them."
"Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free."