The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
Business today consists in persuading crowds.
That meddling in other people's affairs...formerly conducted by the most discreet intrigue is now openly advocated under the name of intervention.
You have to risk going too far to discover just how far you can really go.
No place of grace for those who avoid the Face. No time to rejoice for those who walk among noise and deny the Voice.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us... and we drown.