“A cynic should never marry an idealist. For the cynic, marriage represents the welcome end of romantic life, with all its agony and ecstasy. But for the idealist, it is only the beginning.” ShouldEndsWelcomeEcstasyCynicismAgonyIdealistCynicRomantic Life Author:Julie Burchill
“We reach ecstasy by a contestation of knowledge. Were I to stop at ecstasy and grasp it, in the end I would define it.” EndsEcstasy Book:Inner Experience Source: Inner Experience
“The will to power is the will to ecstasy is the will to surrender is the will to submit and, in extremis, to die. Or to put it another way, the rage to attain a freedom and happiness one's psyche cannot accept creates enormous anxiety and ends in self-punishing despair.” WayEndsSelfDiesAcceptingDespairAnxietyRageSurrenderEnormousEcstasySubmitAnother WayWill PowerFreedom And Happiness Author:Ellen Willis