Beverly A

“You can be a depressive and be happy, just as you can be a sober alcoholic.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

“Orpheus, with immaculately cut pleated trousers instead of a toga, was played by Jean Marais, Cocteau’s young lover. The leading actress, Maria Casares, was Albert Camus’s mistress.”
― Clive James, Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts

“How admirable the attitude of one who has made good use of the time granted him and who did not interfere by trying to be his own judge. Duration of human life belongs to those who mould each moment, sculpture it and do not trouble about the verdict.”
― Jean Cocteau, The Difficulty of Being

“A half empty bottle of wine is also half full, but half a lie will never be half true”
― Jean Cocteau