It is my observations, though, that happiness limits the amount of suffering one is willing to inflict upon others

It is a comfort, in anguish, to be reminded of the scale of one's own troubles against the mighty breadth of the world.

We are all these things [...]. Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty...and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if we desire to be more than human, that is the star by which we must set our sights.

If you thought better of me, you would not be so surprised

Stand at the crossroads if you will, but if you'll not choose, I'll move on without you

There's more to clothing than just adornment. It does more than merely change how the world perceives us. It changes how we perceive ourselves.

It's funny, how one can look back on a sorrow one thought one might well die of at the time, and know that one had not yet reckoned the tenth part of true grief.