Jacob

“(In the gairdin ay eunuchs, even the gadgie wi the two-inch cock cannae help but swagger.) We’re”
― Irvine Welsh, Skagboys

“To adore. To be adored.” What vulgar words, there is something shallow and too self-satisfied in them. Just when these words are spoken on a festive occasion, a magnificent temple starts to fall, and after that, there is only complete indifference.”
― Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human

“He was on the verge of saying something kind, but decided it was too much trouble and stopped.”
― Natsume Sōseki, And Then

“I am glad you don't think I am heartless. I am nothing of the kind. I know I am not. And yet I must admit that this thing that has happened does not affect me as it should. It seems to me to be simply like a wonderful ending to a wonderful play. It has all the terrible beauty of a Greek tragedy, a tragedy in which I took a great part, but by which I have not been wounded.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray