The reveries of two solitary souls prepare the sweetness of loving. - Gaston Bachelard

And when a philosopher looks to poets, to a great poet like Milosz, for lessons in how to individualize the world, he soon becomes convinced that the world is not so much a noun as an adjective.

Il semble que la joie de lire soit le reflet de la joie d'écrire comme si le lecteur était le fantôme de l'écrivain.

But shall I have the strength to write this book? For there is a great distance between the words we speak uninhibitedly to a friendly audience and the discipline needed to write a book. When we are lecturing, we become animated by the joy of teaching and, at times, our words think for us. But to write a book requires really serious reflection.