To be in love is not the same as loving. You can be in love with a woman and still hate her. The Karamazov Brothers

Their return home to their father and a good life was always so satisfying and splendid; I realized keenly that that was the only proper, good, and desirable outcome, but the part of the story that took place among the wicked and the lost was by far the more appealing, and, if one were free to state and admit it, it was sometimes actually a downright shame that the prodigal repented and was found again Demian

“Man has no nature” History as a System

Possessions are generally diminished by possession. The Gay Science