“The higher the joy is not the light, it's the reflection. The greater pleasure is not climbing up; it's handing down”

“Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.”

“The more ups and downs, the more joy I feel. The greater the fear, the greater the happiness I feel.”

“So you'll let me exert my will over you. I will gain a great deal of pleasure, joy even, in your submission. The more you submit, the greater my joy.... it's a very simple equation.”

“I'm hurling all the little joys against the greater sadness. The sadness is a giant weight. It presses down. Its mean: "What's the point?”

“But it's enough, just having this day. It's the knowing there's something different, something special up there waiting. It's the knowing you could choose to change your days--climb up there and throw yourself right down the throat of the only and last and greatest terrible secret in the world. Except you don't climb up.”