“How should man live save as glassTo let the white light without flame, the Father, passUnstained ...”
“Let's not bring flame where light is enough.”
“Within, stood a tall old man, clean shaven save for a long white moustache, and clad in black from head to foot, without a single speck of colour about him anywhere. He held in his hand an antique silver lamp, in which the flame burned without a chimney or globe of any kind, throwing long quivering shadows as it flickered in the draught of the open door”
“My father didn't tell me how to live;he lived, and let me watch him do it”
“Let me live deep while I live; let me know the rich juices of red meat & stinging wine on my palate, the hot embrace of white arms, the mad exultation of battle when the blue blades flame crimson, and I am content"......Conan the Cimmerian.”
“How can a man live without a standard?”