Beneath their brilliance women have a power as stars have gravity. - James Salter

Jivan: You think when you have love that love is easy to find, that everyone has it. It's not true. It's very hard to find.
Nedra: I haven't been looking for it.
Jivan: It's like a tree...It takes a long time to grow. It has roots very deep, and these roots stretch out a long way, farther than you know. You can't cut it, just like that.

There is no complete life. There are only fragments. We are born to have nothing, to have it pour through our hands.

Yes, he thought, I am ready, I have always been ready, I am ready at last.