Marc

“The desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews
Not to be born is the best for man
The second best is a formal order
The dance's pattern, dance while you can.
Dance, dance, for the figure is easy
The tune is catching and will not stop
Dance till the stars come down from the rafters
Dance, dance, dance till you drop.”
― W.H. Auden

“My heart and my hand shall never be separated.”
― Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady

“Only the very greatest art invigorates without consoling.”
― Iris Murdoch

“I don’t know that there is “a kind of person who breaks down”. I imagine most of us could if the pressure were bad enough. I know I could.”
― Pat Barker, Regeneration