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"he greatly enjoyed “the fist act of everything which Wagner created, but the effect on me has been so powerful that one act was quite sufficient; whenever It witnessed two acts I have gone away physically exhausted; and whenever I have ventured an entire opera the result has been the next thing to suicide."" — May 24, 2026 12:41PM
"he greatly enjoyed “the fist act of everything which Wagner created, but the effect on me has been so powerful that one act was quite sufficient; whenever It witnessed two acts I have gone away physically exhausted; and whenever I have ventured an entire opera the result has been the next thing to suicide."" — May 24, 2026 12:41PM
‘Anything is possible,’ I said. ‘But most things are unlikely.’
“After playing Chopin, I feel as if I had been weeping over sins that I had never committed, and mourning over tragedies that were not my own. Music always seems to me to produce that effect. It creates for one a past of which one has been ignorant, and fills one with a sense of sorrows that have been hidden from one’s tears.”
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“Los libros están delante de nosotros; nos invitan a reposar en la caricia del dedo y del mirar –nos relegamos en ellos, absortos–, a despreciar los viles lazos que nos retienen a la milenaria Miseria humana.”
― Sobre música, músicos y otras memorias
― Sobre música, músicos y otras memorias
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“Old money whispers, new money shouts:”
― The Robber Bride
― The Robber Bride
“We all owe death a life.”
― Midnight’s Children
― Midnight’s Children
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