“The ultimate possession was, in fact, the taking of the life. And then … the physical possession of the remains.”

“Time, life and death are mysterious, and they will remain to be so until the day we will come to possess the key of all illusions.”

“What’s writing really about? It’s about trying to take fuller possession of the reality of your life.”

“A pessimist is simply an optimist in full possession of the facts.”

“Intercourse is commonly written about and comprehended as a form of possession or an act of possession in which, during which, because of which, a man inhabits a woman, physically covering her and overwhelming her and at the same time penetrating her; and this physical relational - over her and inside her 0 is his possession oh her. He has her, or when is is done, he has had her. By thrusting into her, he takes her over. His thrusting into her is taken to be her capitulation to him as a conqueror; it is a physical surrender of herself to him; he occupies and rules her, expresses his elemental dominance over her, by his possession of her in the fuck.”

“A man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.”

“It takes pure love to be possessed by the spirit of God.”

“Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love.”

“The very fact that a Line is visible implies that it possesses yet another Dimension.”

“In excess, most endeavors and possessions take on the characteristics of their opposite.”