"The pity of it was that this discovery, if such it was, now seemed so stale, so profitless to me. What good was it? What good did thinking ever do?"
- Jed Rubenfeld
"Unhappiness is caused when we cannot let go of our memories."
"For society, marriage is undoubtedly beneficial. But the burdens of civilized morality are too heavy for many to bear."
"Death releases the energy into air. If a true catastrophe is looming, the disturbance becomes such that a sensitive individual may become highly troubled by it. He may be aware exactly when and where ..."
"There is no mystery to happiness.Unhappy men are all alike. Some wound they suffered long ago, some wish denied, some blow to pride, some kindling spark of love put out by scorn- or worse, indifferenc..."
"A woman's love for a man is half animal passion and half hate. The more a woman loves a man, the more she hates him."
"There is no mystery to happiness. Unhappy men are all alike. Some wound they suffered long ago, some wish denied, some blow to pride, some kindling spark of love put out by scorn - or worse, indiffere..."
- Jed Rubenfeld.
"A woman's love for a man is ha;f animal passion and half hate. The more a woman loves a man, the more she hates him. If a man is worth having, he must be a woman's superior; if he is her superior, par..."
"Satisfying a savage instinct is incomparably more pleasurable than satisfying a civilized one."
"There is no mystery to happiness. Unhappy men are all alike. Some wound they suffered long ago, some wish denied, some blow to pride, some kindling spark of love put out by scorn -- or worse, indiffer..."