No encounter occured that day, and I was glad of it; I took out of my pocket a little Homer I had not opened since leaving Marseilles, reread three lines of the Odyssey, learned them by heart; then, finding sufficient sustenance in their rhythm and reveling in them at leisure, I closed the book and remained, trembling, more alive than I had thought possible, my mind numb with happiness.
Andre GideAn opinion, though it is original, does not necessarily differ from the accepted opinion; the important thing is that it does not try to conform to it.
Andre GideMost often it happens that one attributes to others only the feelings of which one is capable oneself.
Andre Gide