Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.
Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.
I must also have a dark side if I am to be whole.
There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.
Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.
The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It’s our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows.