Inez Dias

“Like some wondrous birds out of fairy tales, books sang their songs to me and spoke to me as though communing with one languishing in prison; they sang of the variety and richness of life, of man’s audacity in his strivings towards goodness and beauty.”
― Maxim Gorky

“in music one can hear everything.”
― Maxim Gorky, Mother

“All of us are pilgrims on this earth. I have even heard it said that the earth itself is a pilgrim in the heavens.”
― Maxim Gorky

“Our existence has always and everywhere been tragic, but man has converted these numberless tragedies into works of art. I know of nothing more astonishing or more wonderful than this transformation.”
― Maxim Gorky