Stendhal syndrome.

“… remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it.”

I was with someone I loved, with you. I was cold, and the snow glistened. You know how the snow glistens at night when the moon shines. It was as though I was not on earth.

Because, nothing makes me happier and nothing makes me sadder than you.

In March the earth remembers its own name. Everywhere the plates of snow are cracking. The rivers begin to sing. In the sky the winter stars are sliding away; new stars appear as, later, small blades of grain will shine in the dark fields. And the name of every place is joyful.

You can love a person without wanting to be with them. Just like you can want to be with someone before you love them.

Sex is the only thing in life worth getting emotional about. It’s the only thing in life you should pursue with all your resources. Work is fine, friends are valuable, but sex is dynamite. It stops you going mad.