“… a thing can only live through a pious illusion.”— Friedrich Nietzsche Related Quotes “It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.”— Sophocles “What worried him worst at the moment – for it is often little things that are hardest to stand – was that his lip was bleeding where they had hit him and he couldn’t wipe the little trickle of blood away although it tickled him.”— C.S. Lewis “I’m drawn to the romantic aspect of a character. It’s human emotion. It’s much more fun to watch. And it’s much more fun to play.”— Natalie Zea