"Little islands are all large prisons; one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow."
"The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself."
"If you can’t laugh together in bed, the chances are you are incompatible, anyway. I’d rather hear a girl laugh well than try to turn me on with long, silent, soulful, secret looks. If you can laugh with a woman, everything else falls into place."