"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind."
— William Shakespeare

"There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
— Anaïs Nin

"They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.

Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.
"
— Philip Larkin

""Physical experiences, lacking the joys of love, depend on twists and perversions of pleasure. Abnormal pleasures kill the taste for normal ones." "
— Anaïs Nin

"Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord."
— Exodus 14:13