...and he kissed her and kissed her and kissed her, little by little by little.

To look into the mirror is to see the future, in blood and rubies.

It was mild monsters like these that made Jack the Ripper go after young women, she decided: who could tolerate yielding the world to someone who behaved as if she had given birth to the very world herself?

There were more ways to live than the ones given by one's superiors

The answer of course, is that the clock isn't meant to measure earthly time, but the time of the soul. Redemption and condemnation time. For the soul, each instant is always a minute short of judgment.

at least i'm talkng to myself. instead of giving myself the cold shoulder

Wisdom is not the understanding of mystery. Wisdom is accepting that mystery is beyond understanding. That's what makes it mystery.