Nova K

“His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred. Later he became conscious of his damaged wings and of their construction and he learned to think and could not fly any more because the love of flight was gone and he could only remember when it had been effortless.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

“Isn't it pretty to think so.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”
― Mark Twain