"All men fear death. It's a natural fear that consumes us all. We fear death because we feel that we haven't loved well enough or loved at all, which ultimately are one and the same. However, when you make love with a truly great woman, one that deserves the utmost respect in this world and one that makes you feel truly powerful, that fear of death completely disappears. Because when you are sharing your body and heart with a great woman the world fades away. You two are the only ones in the entire universe. You conquer what most lesser men have never conquered before, you have conquered a great woman's heart, the most vulnerable thing she can offer to another. Death no longer lingers in the mind. Fear no longer clouds your heart. Only passion for living, and for loving, become your sole reality. This is no easy task for it takes insurmountable courage. But remember this, for that moment when you are making love with a woman of true greatness you will feel immortal."


.Hemingway en Midnight in Paris

"Stonefaced, expressionless, they watch me, watch the little Roman as he sobs above his scales, and if they feel disgust at this display it is not sharper than my own. They pass a glance between them, and the grey man shrugs. They're going to kill me now. Kneeling upon the floor, I close my eyes and I await the blow. A final silences falls.
I open my eyes. The men are gone.
They saw it on my face. They saw me as a man already slain, not worth the killing. Rome is dead. Rome is dead, and where shall I go now? Not home. Home is a stage facade of paper, peeling, faded by a sun of cheap pyrities. I cannot go home, and who, who else will have me?"

Alan Moore 
The Head of Diocletian
Post AD 290

There's a secret kept away from me. Some misterious piece of breathtaking beauty, a fantastic story, the most moving of songs, the brightest quote in the world.
I can't help the feeling of that one thing one step away from my reach, round the corner, between the shadows of the trees.
There's a price to pay, "keep the balance, save up for the rainy day, keep wayward happiness at bay."
I feel like the monster on the cage. Words now escape me, when there's so much to be said. 
I just wished to be the tiger by your side, I roared and raged until I claimed your smile.
I am the maiden and the shining knight, I want the love, I want the fight. 
The tremulous kiss, the ripping passion, the naive enchant.