I had to wonder if men were so blinded by beauty that they would feel privileged to live their lives with an actual demon, so long as it was a beautiful demon.
Arthur GoldenYet somehow the thing that startled me most, after a week or two had passed, was that I had in fact survived.
Arthur GoldenAll at once I felt so vain, like a girl posturing for the crowds as she walks along, only to discover the street is empty.
Arthur GoldenGrief is a most peculiar thing; weโre so helpless in the face of it. Itโs like a window that will simply open of its own accord. The room grows cold, and we can do nothing but shiver. But it opens a little less each time, and a little less; and one day we wonder what has become of it.
Arthur Golden