Ultimately, we wish the joy of perfect union with the person we love.

One of the aims of sexual union is procreation - the creation by reproduction of an image of itself, of the union.

I find the selectivity of erotic love - the choice of this man or this woman - much more intelligible if liking the person is the origin of sexual interest, rather than the other way.

We love even when our love is not requited.

Love without conversation is impossible.

An educated person is one who, through the travail of his own life, has assimilated the ideas that make him representative of his culture.