Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time.
Bravery despite defeat is praiseworthy. Victory despite cowardice is beyond praise.
Every work of art changes its predecessors.
Successful innovations become conventions.
New York is full of abandoned churches. A Godless city, but full of superstitions on every subject--art, money, sex, food, health.
The Ordinary Life: the misery seems planned, the happiness accidental.