Oliver

“The law of self-destruction and the law of self-preservation are equally powerful in humankind! The devil rules over mankind equally until a time that is not revealed to us.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot

“Because I know (this may be blasphemy, but it is true), the only holiday for me is to be with her, to have her near me, shoulder to shoulder. And without her, tomorrow's sun will be nothing but a small circle cut of tin, and the sky, tin painted blue, and I myself...”
― Yevgeny Zamyatin

“It is in the nature of men cruel and evil to hate anyone who is their moral opposite, and such men need no animus before they do harm.”
― Jin Yong

“Margret,” he said, “you are my child. I forgave you all your sins on the first day of your life.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree