The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
Honore de BalzacLove is a religion, and its rituals cost more than those of other religions. It goes by quickly and, like a street urchin, it likes to mark its passage by a trail of devastation.
Honore de BalzacNeither the passions not justice nor politics nor the great social forces ever consider the victims they strike.
Honore de Balzac