An Other alice

“I paint because I have no tail to wag.”
― Hermann Hesse, Rosshalde

“What is love? It is not simply compassion, not simply kindness. In compassion there are two: the one who suffers and the one who feels compassion. In kindness there are two: the one who gives and the one who receives. But in love there is only one; the two join, unite, become inseparable. The 'I' and the 'you' vanish. To love means to lose oneself in the beloved.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Saint Francis

“It's possible to save oneself from Satan, Father Francis, but from men—never!”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Saint Francis

“God makes all things good; man meddles with them and they become evil.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile