Naomi

“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”
― Anais Nin

“It is better to learn war early from friends, than late from enemies”
― Mary Renault, The Bull from the Sea

“To hate excellence is to hate the gods.”
― Mary Renault, The Persian Boy

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche