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“An awake heart is like a sky that pours light.”
― Hafiz

“He cries, ‘Tell me, tell me what you feel.’ And I cannot. There is blood in my eyes, in my head. Words are drowned.”
― Anaïs Nin, Henry et June, cahiers secrets Tome 1

“« If he has a conscience he will suffer for his mistake. That will be his punishment—as well as the prison. »
« But the real geniuses, » asked Razimihin frowning, « those who have the right to murder? Oughtn’t they to suffer at all rven for the blood they’ve shed? »
« Why the word ought? It’s not a matter of permission or prohibition. He will suffer if he is sorry for his victim. Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth, » he added dreamily, not in the tone of the conversation.”
― Fëdor Dostoevskij, Crime and Punishment

“I have enough of loss, enough of gain.”
― Hafez, The Collected Poems of Hafiz