Irene

“He would never command her (...). Not that he lacks sensuality; he simply lacks the strength to give orders (...) What if she had a man who ordered her about? A man who wanted to master her? How long would she put up with him? Not five minutes! From which it follows that no man was right for her. Strong or weak.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“In human relationships, those who do not love are rarely loved: those who will not be friends end up by having none. [p. 15 apud Thinking Strategically; on the "Intransigence strategy"]”
― David Schoenbrun, The Three Lives Of Charles De Gaulle

“Finding dominant strategies is considerably easier than finding the Holy Grail. (...) It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. In other words, love is a dominant strategy.”
― Avinash K. Dixit Barry J. Nalebuff, Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life

“What you can imagine depends on what you know.”
― Daniel Dennett