Nicholas

“Why must we love where the lightning strikes, and not where we choose? ”
― Theodore Sturgeon, E Pluribus Unicorn

“I longed to feel that mighty love which maddens one to crime, to feel the blasting lust of men who live beneath the scorching sun, to drink down deep from the cup of some satyrion philter.”
― Oscar Wilde, Teleny or the Reverse of the Medal

“A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing. And when Humanity lands there, it looks out, and, seeing a better country, sets sail. Progress is the realisation of Utopias.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves