Dio

“...And, all at once, the moon arouse through the thin ghastly mist, And was crimson in color... And they lynx which dwelleth forever in the tomb, came out therefrom. And lay down at the feet of the demon. And looked at him steadily in the face.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

“All serious daring starts from within.”
― Eudora Welty, On Writing

“My imagination? No, I don't think it's VIVID at all. On the contrary, it's not nearly potent enough. My poor imaginative faculties have always needed...extentions. That's why I'm here with you. You're smiling again, or rather you're SMIRKING. Funny word, smirk. Rather like an extraterrestrial surname. Simon Smirk. How do you think that sounds?”
― Thomas Ligotti, Songs of a Dead Dreamer

“Compassion is the basis of morality.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer