Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world.

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire

There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

More often than not, real life is so rich, complex and unpredictable that it would seem completely implausible in the pages of a novel.

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.