The truth is that the first changes are so slow they pass almost unnoticed, and you go on seeing yourself as you always were, from the inside, but others observe you from the outside.

She searched the truth with an anguish almost as great as her terrible fear of finding it .

There is bound to be someone driven mad by love who will give you the chance to study the effects of gold cyanide on a cadaver. And when you do find one, observe with care, they almost always have crystals in their heart

Lost in the solitude of his immense power, he began to lose direction.

Life had already given him sufficient reasons for knowing that no defeat was the final one.

It was a love of perpetual flight.

Why were you so old when we met? I answered with the truth: Age isn't how old you are but how old you feel.