Nyx

“His was not the hatred that arises suddenly like a storm and as suddenly abates. It was, once the initial shock of anger and pain was over, a calculated thing that grew in a bloodless way.”
― Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan

“There is now, in my mouth, this sharp chain. And it never comes out.”
― Peter Shaffer, Equus

“Every harlot was a virgin once”
― William Blake

“But to die as lovers may - to die together, so that they may live together.”
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla