Tessa

“What piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving, how express and admirable in action, how like an angel in apprehension, how like a god! The beauty of the world. The paragon of animals. And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

“Cal’s mind careened in anger at himself and in pity for himself. And then a new voice came into it, saying coolly and with contempt, “If you’re being honest—why not say you are enjoying this beating you’re giving yourself? That would be the truth. Why not be just what you are and do just what you do?” Cal sat in shock from this thought. Enjoying?—of course. By whipping himself he protected himself against whipping by someone else.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“Art has a way of revealing truth.”
― Lindsay A. Franklin, The Story Peddler

“Would it be too childish of me to say: I want? But I do want: theater, light, color, paintings, wine and wonder.”
― Sylvia Plath