Svaka vrlo jaka osetljivost može, prema tome da li je organizam otporan ili slab, postati, ja bar mislim, uzrok uživanja ili neugodnosti. - André Gide

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.

Each one of a pair of lovers fashions himself to meet the other's requirements — endeavors by a continual effort to resemble that idol of himself which he beholds in the other's heart.... Whoever really loves abandons all sincerity.

Aren’t you strong enough to walk alone? We must each of us find God by ourselves.