Jane

“It is a thousand pities never to say what one feels.”
― Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

“Court for money, and you will live superficially.
Court for virtue, and you will live prudently.
Court for fame, and you will live insincerely.
Court for love, and you will live joyously.

Marry for money, and you will live lavishly.
Marry for virtue, and you will live honorably.
Marry for fame, and you will live prominently.
Marry for love, and you will live happily.

Divorce for money, and you will live poorly.
Divorce for virtue, and you will live peacefully.
Divorce for fame, and you will live miserably.
Divorce for love, and you will live tragically.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Did it matter then, she asked herself, walking towards Bond Street, did it matter that she must inevitably cease completely? All this must go on without her; did she resent it; or did it not become consoling to believe that death ended absolutely?”
― Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

“Okay then. That's what I'll do. I'll tell you a story. Can you hear them? All these people who lived in terror of you and your judgment. All these people whose ancestors devoted themselves, sacrificed themselves to you. Can you hear them singing? Oh you like to think you're a god. But you're not a god. You're just a parasite. Eaten with jealousy and envy and longing for the lives of others. You feed on them. On the memory of love and loss and birth and death and joy and sorrow, so... so come on then. Take mine. Take my memories. But I hope you're got a big a big appetite. Because I've lived a long life. And I've seen a few things. I walked away from the last great Time War. I marked the passing of the Time Lords. I saw the birth of the universe and watched as time ran out, moment by moment, until nothing remained. No time, no space. Just me! I walked in universes where the laws of physics were devised by the mind of a madman! And I watched universes freeze and creation burn! I have seen things you wouldn't believe! I have lost things you will never understand! And I know things, secrets that must never be told, knowledge that must never be spoken! Knowledge that will make parasite gods blaze! So come on then! Take it! Take it all, baby! Have it! You have it all!”
― Neil Cross