‘We are different, Tom’
'We are not other people. We carry the past with us. We see it everywhere. And sometimes that can be dangerous, and we need to help each other.’
'The past is never gone. It just hides.’
“Don't look so worried. We are not a religious sect. Our aim is to stay alive, yes, but only so we can enjoy life. We have no gods here, save maybe Aphrodite. And Dionysus.”
“The finer things. The sensual pleasures. There is no other meaning than that, I've discovered. There is nothing else.”
“Love?” I said.
“What about that?”