Innocence is a kind of insanity
Hatred seems to work on the same glands as love: it even produces the same actions. If we had not been taught how to interpret the story of the Passion, would we have been able to say from their actions alone whether it was the jealous Judas or the cowardly Peter who loved Christ?
So it always is: when you escape to a desert the silence shouts in your ear.
Fame is a powerful aphrodisiac.
Lies had deserted me, and I felt as lonely as though they had been my only friends.
He entered the territory of lies without a passport for return.