Aflame in black ecstasy, orders extinguished:after deathhow will I know my love was true, this sacrifice not an exercise in vanity?

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic. World's had to be in travail, that the meanest flower might blow...

I would say that Op 31 had brought music just to the very edge … I just simply drew back and said, “beyond that lies complete chaos”.

How hard it is to now believe that these strong, merciless chains of fear and hopelessness, rendering the limbs of my mind motionless, were once innocuous mere threads.” -Mehul.M

John 1:5"Light shines into the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it

The artist never really has any control over the impact of his work. If he starts thinking about the impact of his work, then he becomes a lesser artist.

It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature, to human history and to human life which is not to be found in the other great oriental religions.

Let the world move along as it pleased. If it had any business with him, it would be sure to tell him.

It was different with you, Leo. In the eyes and ears of my heart, you and the magic are one and the same.

...The war (WWI) cost your Uncle Sam $52 billion. $39 billion was expended in the actual war period. This expenditure yielded $16 billion in profits.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.