“The torture allotted to the Danaids in the classical underworld, that of attempting to fill sieves with water, is the symbol not of one vice, but of all vices. It is the very mark of a perverse desire that it seeks what is not to be had.”
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“For thy sweet love remembr'd such wealth brings That then, I scorn to change my state with kings.”
“All sin comes from dishonour, and all dishonour comes from sin.”
“Look at you. You're every wrong thing I've ever done. Wrapped in the body of an angel.”
“Have you noticed that Amsterdam's concentric canals resemble the circle of Hell?”
“You have sinned with women?” Girolamo asks, gently. “No, with men,” he says.”