Becoming a father makes us understand that we are no longer the center of the universe. It allows us to consciously feel pure love in a wonderful, but completely new way. To have a child is to live a daily and constant enchantment, but also to be tortured...
I think Diderot was a genius, that he was a powerful man. His power was in the force of his analysis and his taste. There was certainly something monstrous about him, monstrous in the bulimic sense. He had a need to touch everything, explore everything, ...