Cletus Gnau

“[“What is the most real thing you can think of?”]

Jacques thought for a long time before answering; he tried to weigh up what was most vital and enduring in all that he had known. Eventually, no longer smiling, he said, ‘Memory’.”
― Sebastian Faulks, Human Traces

“We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose. ”
― Charles Baudelaire

“But all the magic I have known
I've had to make myself.”
― Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends

“If you possess enough courage to speak out what you are, you will find you are not alone.”
― Richard Wright, Black Boy