To be sure, theory is useful. But without warmth of heart and without love it bruises the very ones it claims to save.
Andre GideNever have I been able to settle in life. Always seated askew, as if on the arm of a chair; ready to get up, to leave.
Andre GideIf the flower were not attached to its stem, it would flee at the approach of man, like the insect or the bird; for the attribute of man on the earth, at least as long as he does not better understand his role, is to worry and frighten what he is not interested in taming for utilitarian purposes. Man is skillful in mistreating everything he can use
Andre Gide