Happiness [is] only real when shared It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing. Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead. A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading. It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. War is what happens when language fails. Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed. It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more. You have everything needed for the extravagant journey that is your life.