The latter's boast that he had never read a book for pleasure in his life did not predispose me in his favour.

When a lovely melody, a sublime landscape or a passage of exquisite poetry comes before your senses and your mind, you know that you are at home in the world. Beauty is the voice that settles us, the assurance that we belong among others, in a place of sharing and consolation.

The nakedness of woman is the work of God.

Beautiful dreams - if the world were more beautiful they would come true. But the world is relentless and cruel - people are - they must be, I suppose, or they could not live.

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

Sissy Chastity

Emotional State