“ Stephen had spared no expense in making himself more unhappy, his own position as a rejected lover clearer. Patrick O'Brian
“ I would not have traded the delights of my suffering for anything in the world. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“ I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real their loss they choose to hug that awfulness to them rather than push it away. Iain M. Banks
“ Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next… Aldous Huxley
