Dean Kitchener

“There is no such thing as destiny. We ourselves shape our lives.”
― Casanova

“Cultivating whatever gave pleasure to my senses was always the chief business of my life; I have never found any occupation more important. Feeling that I was born for the sex opposite mine, I have always loved it and done all that I could to make myself loved by it. I have also been extravagantly fond of good food and irresistibly drawn by anything which could excite curiosity.”
― Giacomo Casanova, History of My Life, Vols. I & II

“Desires are but pain and torment, and enjoyment is sweet because it delivers us from them.”
― Giacomo Casanova, The Story of My Life

“We ourselve are the authors of almost all our woes and griefs, of which we so unreasonably complain.”
― Casanova