Alix

“Why should you think that beauty, which is the most precious thing in the world, lies like a stone on the beach for the careless passer-by to pick up idly? Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul. And when he has made it, it is not given to all to know it. To recognize it you must repeat the adventure of the artist. It is a melody that he sings to you, and to hear it again in your own heart you want knowledge and sensitiveness and imagination.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Moon and Sixpence

“Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.” —Benjamin Disraeli”
― Angela Roquet, Psychopomp

“We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.” -Francois Rabelais”
― Angela Roquet, Pocket Full of Posies

“The secret to happiness is freedom—and the secret to freedom is courage.”
― Liz Rosenberg, The Moonlight Palace