I hope the dogs don't bark tonight. I always think it's mine

Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason.

he's incapable of suffering for a long time, or being happy for a long time. Which means that he's incapable of anything really worth while.

History has shown that the less people read, the more books they buy.

but perhaps we should love what we cannot understand

You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.