GiGi

“The punishment of desire is the agony of unfulfillment”
― Hermes Trismegistus, Poimandres

“Marry, and you will regret it; don’t marry, you will also regret it; marry or don’t marry, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the world’s foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will regret that too; laugh at the world’s foolishness or weep over it, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it; believe her not, you will also regret it… Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will regret that too; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you’ll regret it either way; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the essence of all philosophy.”
― Søren Kierkegaard

“It's always questionable to intervene decisively in strange circumstances.”
― Franz Kafka, In the Penal Colony

“he was one of those poets who escaped the terrors of writing by writing all the time.”
― James Baldwin, Another Country