Fidelity gives a unity to lives that would otherwise splinter into thousands of split-second impressions.

“Remembering now all those farewells (fake farewells, worked-up farewells), Iren…”

“The young man called the waiter and paid. Then he got up and said to the girl: …”

“To laugh is to live profoundly.”

“When Don Quixote went out into the world, that world turned into a mystery befo…”