The music is mine. Theres nothing to hide behind. Thats where you see the real person.
Centuries of make-up that can be smudged by emotion have taught women to control their feelings.
Never trust a man who reads only one book.
Later, with time, I learned that although all men are capable of good and evil, the worst among them are those who, when they commit evil, do so by shielding themselves in the authority of others, in their subordination, or in the excuse of following orders. And even worse are those who believe they are justified by their God.
One is never alone with a book nearby, don't you agree? Every page reminds us of a day that has passed and makes us relive the emotions that filled it. Happy hours underlined in red pencil, dark ones in black.
She loves you, loathes you, treats you well, then ill. Like a leech or a surgeon's knife, she's double-edged: sometimes she'll cure, but sometimes she will kill.
Actually loneliness has a kind of fascination; it's a state of egotistical, inner grace that you can achieve only by standing guard on old, forgotten roads that no one travels anymore.
I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential.
For every different role you play it's nice to have different challenges for each one.
How can our kids really understand the moral complexities of being alive if they are not allowed to engage in those complexities outdoors?