Crystal

“A great nose may be an index
Of a great soul”
― Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac

“This is a work of fiction.
If certain characters resemble people in real life, it is because certain people in real life resemble characters from a novel.
Nobody, therefore, is entitled to feel included in this book.
Nobody, by the same token, to feel excluded.”
― Fernando Del Paso, Palinuro de México

“Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.”
― Francesco Petrarca

“Drink today, and drown all sorrow;
You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow;
Best, while you have it, use your breath;
There is no drinking after death.”
― Ben Jonson