Елена Щрегарска

“...she refuses all amorous alms, and such a refusal, to my view, justifies a theft.”
― Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses

“He'd call me false and faithless and I've always had a weakness for those two words; next to cruel, they're the nicest words for a woman to hear, and not so hard to earn.”
― Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses

“There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery”
― Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso

“I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good; and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people have not so much merit as they lead us to suppose.”
― Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses