Some are meaningful to me, some humorous, others just strick me for some reason or another. I'll probably have more then a few by charachters of Neil Gaiman, from his labrinthine series, The Sandman. Sin has educated Donatello, and elevated him. It is what he wanted. But he didn't understand the price.
Mortals never do.
But the price of getting what you want, is getting what once you wanted. It makes you so vulnrable, it opens your chest and it opens your heart and it means someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenseses. You give them a piece of you, they don't ask for it. They do something dumb one day like kiss you, or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore.