• Page 18

"What's over is done with, these things happen every day; unhappiness can occur, and old friendships often break up. But only shameful deeds can shame a man."

• Page 47

"You made me and now you reject me: Your ideas create their embodiment in my person and then you simply change them, leaving me lost--rootless, worthless, without hope..."

• Page 47

"I wonder if you ever admit, even to yourself, that you betrayed me. Maybe you've deceived yourself as much as you try to deceive others. Hasn't your conscience bothered you even in the dark? I wish I could penetrate your soul..."

• Page 58

"'The real tragedy is that our enemy is at the same time our friend.' 'On the contrary, it's that our friend is also our enemy.' 'No. It's that we're cowards. Why don't we admit it?' 'Maybe we are cowards. But how can you be brave in this age?'"

• Page 60

"He'd been made of stone. There's nothing more heartbreaking than loving someone like that. It had been like a nightingale singing to a rock, a breeze caressing sharp-pointed spikes."