Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.

The camera may do justice to laughter, but must degrade sorrow.

You shall love your crooked neighbour, with your crooked heart.

Harrow the house of the dead; look shining at New styles of architecture, a change of heart.

Fate succumbs many a species: one alone jeopardises itself.

Beloved, we are always in the wrong, Handling so clumsily our stupid lives, Suffering too little or too long, Too careful even in our selfish loves: The decorative manias we obey Die in grimaces round us every day, Yet through their tohu-bohu comes a voice Which utters an absurd command - Rejoice.

Great art is clear thinking about mixed feelings.