Cuộc sống không chỉ là về bóng tối hay ánh sáng, mà là về việc tìm kiếm ánh sáng trong bóng tối.
She was an extension of his dreams. A sprinkling of magic dust, of unfeasible wishes, on his stable existence. The one thing-the one bright, marvelous thing-he wanted more than the world, but didn’t deserve. However much he was tortured for her sake, however much blood he had spilled to protect her, the bruises to his body and the thrashings to his sanity, it would never be enough to make a wretch like him worthy of such a miracle.
V.S. Carnes, Sand for Dreams