#deathbeguiled

“Early on I had to recognise, without complaint, the limits of my small intelligence, and I strayed from the path. I knew I was destined to think little, reasoning kept me confined inside my own skin. So how was I supposed to inaugurate thinking within me now? and maybe only thought can save me, I’m afraid of passion.”

“On how to love well: Instead of embracing a romantic ideal, you must confront the meaning of every great love that has shattered, shard by shard.”

“Although, actually, when it comes down to it, according to my very personal criteria, there’s no such thing as a best friend, no-one is anyone’s friend, everyone is alone.”

“Sometimes we want to unbelong as much as we want to belong.”

“I too am ferociously alive—and I lick my snout like a tiger who has just devoured a deer.”