“Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?”

“Love as thou wilt”

“All paths are present, always... and we can but choose among them.”

“The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart”

“The harp sounds at each passing breeze, but that does not mean the tune is masterfully played.”

“And having once chosen, never to seek to return to the crossroads of that decision-for even if one chooses wrongly, the choice cannot be unmade.”

“Ever have a dream so real you felt you could reach out and touch it?”

“The nearest thing we have to a defence against [the gods] (but there is no real defence) is to be very wide awake and sober and hard at work, to hear no music, never to look at earth or sky, and (a...”

“Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day.”

“He knew too well the sting of loneliness and how over time it stole you away, piece by piece, until a mere shell remained.”

“Do you know why people like violence? It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes hollow.”

“If you go to thinking take your heart with you. If you go to love, take your head with you. Love is empty without thinking, thinking hollow without love”