“Have you ever been in love?”
I said no.
“Don’t you want to be in love?”
I said nothing in reply.
“It isn’t that you don’t want to fall in love, is it?”
“No.”
“You’ve made fun of that couple, didn’t you? But actually, you sounded to me like a person who is dissatisfied because he has not yet been able to fall in love, though he wants to.”
“Did I sound like that?”
“Yes, you did. A person who has been in love himself would have been more tolerant and would have felt warmer towards the couple. But—but do you know that there is guilt also in loving? I wonder if you understand me?”
I was surprised, and said nothing.