Luis Duque

“But no matter how closely I observed her, she seemed to be quite distant from me. Suddenly I realized that I was totally uninformed about the secrets of her heart, and that no relationship existed between the two of us. I wanted to say something, but I was afraid that her ears, accustomed to distant, soft and heavenly music might become hateful of my voice.”
― Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl

“Rise so high, in mud you lie.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“You meet a man, you know him. You meet a woman, she knows you.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“Within the four walls that form my room, this fortress which I have erected around my life and thoughts, my life has been slowly wasting away like a candle. No, I am wrong. It is like a green log which has rolled to one side of the fireplace and which has been scorched and charred by the flames from the other logs; it has neither burnt away nor remained fresh and green; it has been choked by the smoke and steam from the others.”
― Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl