Udi

“these pearls are orient, but they yield in whiteness to your teeth; the diamonds are brilliant, but they cannot match your eyes; and ever since I have taken up this wild trade, I have made a vow to prefer beauty to wealth.”
― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

“He had found the secret of keeping for ever on the run the fundamental imbecility of mankind; he had the secret of life, that confounded dying man, and he made himself master of every moment of our existence.”
― Joseph Conrad, The Nigger of the Narcissus

“There's no worse enemy and no better friend than a brother, Tuan, for one brother knows another, and in perfect knowledge is strength for good or evil.”
― Joseph Conrad, Tales of Unrest

“For love is like a journey in mountainous country, up through the clouds, and down into the shadows to an unknown destination.”
― Ford Madox Ford, Romance