Yes, they are carnal, both of them, love and death, and therein lies their terror and their great magic!

Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul.

Yes, they are carnal, both of them, love and death, and therein lies their terror and their great magic!

Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours.

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.

The accouterments of life were so rich and varied, so elaborated, that almost no place at all was left for life itself. Each and every accessory was so costly and beautiful that it had an existence above and beyond the purpose it was meant to serve – confusing the observer and absorbing attention.

The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to be built by future generations, the dwelling of a freer and wiser humanity.