When you gaze into the abyss, Nietzsche wrote, the abyss also gazes into you.
It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life.
The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of fascination.
The higher thy flight the less canst thou see the abysses. There are none in heaven.[Plus haut tu montes et moins tu conçois les abîmes! il n’existe point de précipices dans les cieux.]
One mustn’t look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us.[Il ne faut pas regarder le gouffre, car il y a au fond un charme inexprimable qui nous attire.]