Finally I realized that I was a demi-god and that I was beyond all the low, petty desires of mankind. I felt the eternal flux within me. What is eternity? Eternity for me was playing hide-and-seek with that whore on the banks of the Suren river; it was a momentary closing of my eyes when I hid my head in her lap. The Blind Owl
Those who live for hope alone find that the immediate future always slips from their grasp. Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales
Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear. An Ideal Husband
Compare that to a fruit shop adorned with pleasant, lush colors that smell like pomegranate. Compare apples, oranges, cherries, peaches, grapes and melons, and the vivid colors of various vegetables to the butcher shop, the hanging heart and intestines, the severed corpses, the split bellies, the broken legs that hang, and drop blood dripping from it. The Benefits of Vegetarianism
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