“He found a glimmer of hope in the ruins of disaster”
“Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.”
“It is a joy to be hidden, and disaster not to be found.”
“No; he could be ruined again and again by hope, but he would never be capable of belief.”
“There are men in the world who derive as stern an exaltation from the proximity of disaster and ruin, as others from success.”
“This was the boy I loved. A little bit messy. A little bit ruined. A beautiful disaster. Just like me.”