Dreams surround our desires with ugliness and dread.
In the theater of confusion, knowing the location of the exits is what counts.
Age must give way to youth, no doubt. But not yet, not yet.
Knowledge and power in the city; peace and decency in the country.
A work of art is an echo chamber which repeats what people say about it.
The etiquette of romantic love is as elaborate as that surrounding the Emperor of China.