No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true.

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

Hearts Live By Being Wounded

The work of art is to dominate the spectator: the spectator is not to dominate the work of art.

As one reads history ... one is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Common sense is the enemy of Romance :P:P