[M]emory haunts me from age to age, and passion leads me by the hand—evil have I done, and with sorrow have I… — Henry Rider Haggard
[M]emory haunts me from age to age, and passion leads me by the hand—evil have I done, and with sorrow have I made acquaintance from age to age, and from age to age evil I shall do, and sorrow shall I know till my redemption comes.
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And now let us love and take that which is given us, and be happy; for in the grave there is no love and no warmth, nor any touching of the lips. Nothing perchance, or perchance bitter memories of what might have been.
Yea, all things live for ever, though at times they sleep and are forgotten.
[T]hinking can only serve to measure out the helplessness of thought.

