Alkestis G

“I'm scared of him," said Piggy, "and that's why I know him. If you're scared of someone you hate him but you can't stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he's all right really, an' then when you see him again; it's like asthma an' you can't breathe...”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“Ο έρωτας φυσικά είναι δυο μοναξιές που ζευγαρώνουν για να φτιάξουν μια παρεξήγηση. Υπάρχει όμως πιο γοητευτική παρεξήγηση; Και η πραγματική σοφία δεν είναι άραγε η ικανότητα να ερωτεύεται κανείς ξανά και ξανά;”
― Pascal Bruckner, Bitter Moon

“Η μοναξιά μες στο ζευγάρι είναι πολύ μεγαλύτερη απ' τη μοναξιά του μοναχικού.”
― Pascal Bruckner, Bitter Moon

“The strength of a love is always misjudged if we evaluate it by its immediate cause and not the stress that went before it, the dark and hollow space full of disappointment and loneliness that precedes all the great events in the heart's history.”
― Stefan Zweig, The Burning Secret and other stories