“What nourishes me, destroys me”
“What nourishes me also destroys me”
“The Romans knew it: quod me alit me extinguit, they said: That which nourishes me,extinguishes me.”
“What if he can't save me? What if trying destroys us both?”
“Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.”
“The fact is, you don't love me, and you haven't destroyed me. You don't have what it takes to do that.”