Juhani Aho

“Ei ole niin väliä, ketä rakastaa, kunhan rakastaa.”

“The atmosphere's warm and fervid. The scent of it wafts up in dense waves... sweat laced with perfume like smoke from an oven of burning human lusts.”

“I want to let myself go, to glide over the charming greased surface, to be bewitched and intoxicated. And I'm no longer afraid of waking up. Let this world take me, Let this Paris squeeze me to death, so long as it first caresses me and carries me in its arms.”

“It's having hope which requires having guts. So wear your heart on your sleeve and if it bleeds, let it, so long as it still beats.”