"But it is the nature of life that no emotion is meant to last forever..."

“Oh, where does the light go when the light goes out?”

“Truth, like a woman, must be wooed and won - and this only through the purity of mind and the heart’s deep love.”

“Eternity and pain, pain and eternity — they are the only two things of which the universe is made.”

“Before, you are wise; after, you are wise. In between you are otherwise.”

“A man lusts to become a god ... and there is murder. Murder upon murder upon murder. Why is the world of men nothing but murder?”

“In time, the heart of each religion grows hard and dies. And so seekers of the godly will always turn to new prophets and new ways, never realizing that, ultimately, all religions separate man from God.”