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In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we loathe, we graft into our very soul.

— Mary Renault The Mask of Apollo (1966)

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It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly. Men could be more than they are, if they would try for it. He has shown them that.

The Persian Boy (1972)

Men who hover over their opponents have no cause to evolve a science of wrestling; and Theseus is conventionally shown in combat with hulking of monstrous enemies, living by his wits.

The King Must Die (1958)

They had identified themselves with their limitations; they were making a career of them. They had turned from all other reality, and curled up in them snugly, as in a womb.

The Charioteer (1953)

It is bitter to lose a friend to evil, before one loses him to death.

The Praise Singer (1978)

But it is not for the perfect vase or the polished gem to choose their owners.

The Persian Boy (1972)

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And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Bertrand Russell Marriage and Morals (1929)

Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

Alexander Pope

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