I can't do it. I've been here before and it's not a room with a view. The only power I have is the negative power of withdrawal. If I don't withdraw I have no power at all. A relationship where one person has no power or negative power, isn't a relationship, it's the bond between master and slave.

Do it from the heart or not at all.

She had made him possible. In that sense she was his god. Like God, she was neglected.

We shall all die, and our lives will be irrelevant then.

unhappy families are conspiracies of silence. The one who breaks the silence is never forgiven.

It's true that heroes are inspiring, but mustn't they also do some rescuing if they are to be worthy of their name? Would Wonder Woman matter if she only sent commiserating telegrams to the distressed?

You were in my arms for the first time, and you said my name, 'Tristan.' I answered you: 'Isolde.' Isolde. The world became a word.