“A lame creature, a cripple like myself, has no right to love. How should I, broken, shattered being that I am, be anything but a burden to you, when to myself I am an object of disgust, of loathing. A creature such as I, I know, has no right to love, and certainly no right to be loved. It is for such a creature to creep away into a corner and die and cease to make other people's lives a burden with her presence.”
― Beware of Pity
― Beware of Pity
“Most friendships are a sort of frozen and undeveloping semi-hostility.”
― The Black Prince
― The Black Prince
“Don't constantly make angry your wife. Once she throws you out of her heart, there is no appeal”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“It's shame that gets us killed. Shame is the anchor, the heaviest burden to carry from the battlefield. Fortunately shame was an affliction I'd never suffered from.”
― Prince of Fools
― Prince of Fools
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