Love Cannot Be Explained, Yet It Explains

The World Does Not Move Through Time As If It Were A Straight Line, Proceeding From The Past To The Future. Instead Time Moves Through And Within Us, In Endless Spirals. Eternity Does Not Mean Infinite Time, But Simply Timelessness.

You See, Unlike In The Movies, There Is No The End Sign Flashing At The End Of Books. When I've Read A Book, I Don't Feel Like I've Finished Anything. So I Start A New One.

Ways Of Loving From A Distance, Mating Without Even Touching-amor Platonicus! The Ladder Of Love One Is Expected To Climb Higher And Higher, Elating The Self And The Other. Plato Clearly Regards Any Actual Physical Contact As Corrupt And Ignoble Because He Thinks The True Goal Of Eros Is Beauty. Is There No Beauty In Sex? Not According To Plato. He Is After `more Sublime Pursuits.' But If You Ask Me, I Think Plato's Problem, Like Those Of Many Others, Was That He Never Got Splendidly Laid.

Sometimes I Feel I Have More Faith In European Ideals Than Some Of My British Or French Friends. For Them, It's A Financial Burden. For Me, Europe Is Primarily About Values, About Fundamental Rights, Freedom, Women's Rights.

Yeah, We Should All Line Up Along The Bosphorus Bridge And Puff As Hard As We Can To Shove This City In The Direction Of The West. If That Doesn't Work, We'll Try The Other Way, See If We Can Veer To The East. It's No Good To Be In Between. International Politics Does Not Appreciate Ambiguity.