

“Everyone returns us to a different sense of ourselves, for we become a little of who they think we are.”
― On Love
― On Love

“To be immortal and then die”
― Breathless
― Breathless

“No one ever asks what causes heterosexuality because no one is interested in stopping it”
― The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies
― The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies

“In the speech sound wave, one word runs into the next seamlessly; there are no little silences between spoken words the way there are white spaces between written words. We simply hallucinate word boundaries when we reach the end of a stretch of sound that matches some entry in our mental dictionary.”
― The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
― The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

“Infantile love follows the principle: "I love because I am loved."
Mature love follows the principle: "I am loved because I love."
Immature love says: "I love you because I need you."
Mature love says: "I need you because I love you.”
― The Art of Loving
Mature love follows the principle: "I am loved because I love."
Immature love says: "I love you because I need you."
Mature love says: "I need you because I love you.”
― The Art of Loving
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