There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire

But slight mistakes accumulate, and grow to gross errors if unchecked.

All knowledge is worth having

I would that I could have stopped time and preserved that day forever. It was a perfect day. There was the shadow of sorrow, yes. It would always be there. But that was the nature of life. The bright mirror and the dark, reflecting one another. And today there was so much brightness.

Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?

Whip us 'till we're on the floor, we'll turn around and ask for more, we're Phèdre's Boys! We like to hurt, we like to bleed, daily floggings do we need, we're Phèdre's Boys! Man or woman, we don't care, give us twins we'll take the pair! We're Phèdre's Boys! ...But just because we let you beat us, doesn't mean you can defeat us, we're Phèdre's Boys!

Beauty is at its most poignant when the cold hand of Death holds poised to wither it imminently.