“People’s minds, particularly the minds of children, are like wells—deep wells full of sweet water. And sometimes, when a particular thought is too unpleasant to bear, the person who has that thought will lock it into a heavy box and throw it into that well. He listens for the splash . . . and then the box is gone. Except it is not, of course. Not really.”
― The Eyes of the Dragon
― The Eyes of the Dragon
“Some cannot loosen their own chains and can nonetheless redeem their friends. You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame: how could you become new, if you had not first become ashes? —Thus Spake Zarathustra”
― When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel Of Obsession
― When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel Of Obsession
“It is easier, far easier, to obey another than to command oneself.”
― When Nietzsche Wept
― When Nietzsche Wept
“It is me. I am his madness. For years he's been looking for something to put his madness into. And he found me.”
― The Collector
― The Collector
“There is no Mystery so great as Misery.”
― The Happy Prince
― The Happy Prince
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