And gradually his memory slipped a little, as memories do, even those with so much love attached to them; as if there is an unconscious healing proce… - Colleen McCullough

We can know what we do wrong even before we do it, but self-knowledge can't affect or change the outcome, can it? Everyone singing his own little song, convinced it's the most wonderful song the world has ever heard. Don't you see? We create our own thorns, and never stop to count the cost. All we can do is suffer the pain, and tell ourselves it was well worth it.

- Мислех, че съм успяла да те натикам в миша дупка завинаги.
- Един свестен мъж не може да остане в миша дупка завинаги.

The Greeks say it's a sin against the gods to love something beyond all reason. And do you remember that they say when someone is loved so, the gods become jealous, and strike the object down in the very fullness of its flower?