No eye may see dispassionately. There is no comprehension at
a glance . . . . what haunts the heart will, when it is found, leap
forward, blinding the eye and leaving the main of Life in darkness. 
-- Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast

Cast the bantling on the rocks, 
Suckle him with she-wolf's teat. 
Wintered with the hawk and fox, 
Power and speed be hands and feet. 
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance