Explaining something makes it go away, so to speak; what's important is left after you have explained everything else.

All the things you can talk about in anyone's work are the things that are least important.... You can describe all the externals of a performance - everything, in fact, but what really constitutes its core. Explaining something makes it go away, so to speak; what's important is what's left over after you've explained everything else.

The Suicide, as she is falling, Illuminated by the moon, Regrets her act, and finds appalling The thought she will be dead so soon.

I have given up considering happiness as relevant.

I don't think anything might have been. What is, is.

I should like a parsley sandwich. To the best of my knowledge they are not in season.

The helpful thought for which you look Is written somewhere in a book.