A young couple obsessed with syntax sets off to meet their favorite author.

With elaborate descriptions of the body, a husband muses about his relationship with his delicate wife. Reflecting on their good and bad days, the husband oscillates between worrying about their future and feeling passionate love.

A man who unknowingly talks to himself wonders why a woman who is satisfied with her marriage is having an affair with him.

A man fantasizes about courting his friend's wife, despite being married himself, with increasing desire.

A three-years-married couple have lost the spark that once excited them, leading the wife to venture into tentative love affairs.

A husband and wife have a bizarre conversation as they grapple with the reality of leaving each other.

A lustful, rhapsodic husband makes an unsuccessful attempt to seduce his distant wife and is surprised when the tables soon turn.

In a lengthy dialogue, two men, possibly a psychologist and a patient, discuss adultery, sin, desire, and life.

Following a messy breakup, an MIT graduate and a PhD student at Indiana University separately talk about the problems in their former relationship in two spliced-together conversations, exploring conflicts surrounding language, intimacy, commitment, and intellectualism.

A lovestruck journalist and a torn painter pull the threads of their affair in opposite directions: he desires something more permanent, while she feels indebted to her husband and sons.