[Quote][indent][color=gray]No respect for beauty—that was characteristic of today’s society. The works of the great masters were at most employed as ironic references, or used in advertising. Michelangelo's [i]The Creation of Adam,[/i] where you see a pair of jeans in place of the spark.

The whole point of the picture, at least as he saw it, was that these two monumental bodies each came to an end in two index fingers that almost, but not quite, touched. There was a space between them a millimetre or so wide. And in this space—life. The sculptural size and richness of detail of this picture was simply a frame, a backdrop, to emphasise the crucial void in its centre. The point of emptiness that contained everything.

And in its place a person had superimposed a pair of jeans.[/color][/indent][/quote]

[quote][indent][color=gray]There was no one to be seen so she gave in freely to her sobs as she made her way home, pressed her arms against her stomach; the pain lodged in there like an ill-tempered foetus.

[i]Let a person in and he hurts you.[/i]

There was a reason why she kept her relationships brief. Don't let them in. Once they're inside they have more potential to hurt you. Comfort yourself. You can live with the anguish as long as it only involves yourself. As long as there is no hope.[/color][/indent][/quote]
[indent][indent]— John Ajvide Lindqvist, [i]Let the Right One In[/i][/indent][/indent]