was i confused by the french and some of the language? yes

did i enjoy the discussions of love, obsession, and gambling? also yes

here are two quotes i thoroughly enjoyed:

1. Do you know that sometimes I could kill
you?—not because I do not love you, or am jealous of you, but, because I feel as though I could simply devour you...

2. I feel like a man who has lost his way. I yearn but to be in her presence, and within the circle of her light and splendour-to be there now, and forever, and for the whole of my life. More I do not know. How can I ever bring myself to leave her?