Laocoön

“There is another world, and it is in this one.”
― Paul Éluard

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden