“ If anything should take place behind closed doors, it was cruelty and betrayal. ”
No pain is too small if it hurts, but any pain is too big if it's cherished.
~ Edward St. Aubyn
There seemed to be no one in a position of power, from the Vatican to Wall Street, from Parliament to Scotland Yard to Fleet Street, who could think of anything better to do than abuse it....
The measure of a work of art is how much art it has in it, not how much ‘relevance’. Relevant to whom? Relevant to what? Nothing is more ephemeral than a hot topic.
Everything was usual. That was depression: being stuck, clinging to an out-of-date version of oneself.
