“Darkness approaches from outside.I feel no light inside me strong enough to resist it.”

“Nothing is as it seems. Black can appear white when the light is blinding but white loses all luster at the faintest sign of darkness.”

“Mortals have always exaggerated the difference between hate and love. Both come from the heart. You can never hate strongly unless you have loved strongly.”

“The seconds tick. They always do. The power of an entire sun cannot stop them even for a moment, and so death comes between the moments, like a thief of light in the dark.”

“There is not enough blood in her veins to keep her heart from skipping.”

“You can never hate strongly unless you have loved strongly.”

“For feeling, not events, is to me the essence of history.”