When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.
Progress may feel more like loss than gain.
After I have said what is required by my vanity and my morality, I may find a moment for Truth.
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen: even less, the trouble I've successfully avoided.
I am interested in a hundred things, but only slightly.
Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity.