“Ah, Vitaly, we all come from Eros."~Sel Menach”

“Rasa memiliki itu hidup seperti sel. Semula satu dan kemudian terpecah jadi seribu satu. Dan aku menyimpan sel-sel yang sangat sehat. Ia akan terpecah diluar kendali cinta itu sendiri. Sel ini terus bertambah dan merambah. Mereka hidup melingkari kita, semenjak kita saling mencinta. Suka tak suka.”

“God's love, and hence the love with which we come to love God, is eros and agape at once: a desire for the other that delights in the distance of otherness.”

“Bagi sel-sel ini, manusia layaknya alam semesta yang tak terjangkau, yang tak teraih, tak terlihat, tak dapat dipahami. Namun mereka dengan setia menjadi bagian dari kita, dan bekerja sama dengan seluruh milyaran sel lain demi hidup kita.”

“As Venus within Eros does not really aim at pleasure, so Eros does not aim at happiness. We may think he does, but when he is brought to the test it proves otherwise... For it is the very mark of Eros that when he is in us we had rather share unhappiness with the Beloved than be happy on any other terms.”

“Ah how shameless – the way these mortals blame the gods. From us alone they say come all their miseries yes but they themselves with their own reckless ways compound their pains beyond their proper share.”