Helmi Solimeïs

“Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people. They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.”
― Akira Kurosawa, Something Like an Autobiography

“When will you discover that it would be a good idea to memorize your life, even the large part of it that will revolt you?”
― italo svevo, Zeno's Conscience

“People who dress up in bizarre costumes have a savoir-vivre - not to mention the sort of personality disorder - that he admires.”
― Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow

“There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.”
― Vincent van Gogh