Athanasia

“So she thoroughly taught him that one cannot take pleasure without giving pleasure, and that every gesture, every caress, every touch, every glance, every last bit of the body has its secret, which brings happiness to the person who knows how to wake it. She taught him that after a celebration of love the lovers should not part without admiring each other, without being conquered or having conquered, so that neither is bleak or glutted or has the bad feeling of being used or misused.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

“Η αγάπη μοιάζει με δύο ποτήρια σε στιγμή ενθουσιασμού.

ντινγκ
λάμψη
θρύψαλα”
― Odisseas Elitis

“Έχει την επιλεκτική μνήμη των επιζώντων. Ό,τι μας ενοχλεί ή μας αφήνει αδιάφορους, το ξεχνάμε. Κρατάμε μονάχα ό,τι μας εξυπηρετεί, ειδάλλως δεν έχουμε καμιά ελπίδα να επιβιώσουμε.”
― Jean-Michel Guenassia, Le Club des incorrigibles optimistes

“They looked at each other, baffled, in love and hate.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies