Knowing and feeling are two different things, and feeling is what counts.

He wondered why he wasn't as in love with her as he was with...Hector had only shared enjoyment with (her)...he shared everything, enjoyment and sorrow...but for some time now they'd shared too much frustration, boredom and fatigue.

Adeline was really rather charming, she always had a man in her life, but it never worked out: either they were nice but she didn't find them very exciting; or they were exciting but she didn't find them particularly nice, or they were neither nice nor exciting and she wondered why she was with them at all. She found a way of making the exciting men nicer and that was by leaving them. But then, they weren't exciting anymore either.

You must be careful when you ask people whether they’re happy; it’s a question that can upset them a great deal.

He who spends too long regretting his ruined crop will be neglect to plant next year's harvest.

If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.