Love isn't an emotion or an instinct--it's an art.

Love isn't an emotion or an instinct--it's an art.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Marriage is our last, best chance to grow up.

Marriage is our last, best chance to grow up.

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person -- they have a plan, an ideology, no read more

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person -- they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.

Perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn read more

Perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn what I should simply recognize, learning a mere fraction of what I have forgotten.

We love because it's the only true adventure.

We love because it's the only true adventure.

Yearn to understand first and to be understood second.

Yearn to understand first and to be understood second.

Out of compassion I destroy the darkness of their ignorance. From within them I light the lamp of wisdom and read more

Out of compassion I destroy the darkness of their ignorance. From within them I light the lamp of wisdom and dispel all darkness from their lives.

I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose read more

I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer.