“ He reminded her of the way male lions look sad, as if their nobility is a terrible weight. ”
-Do you think artists are supposed to be happy? -Everyone is supposed to be. -I said staunchly,and I knew that I was indeed an idiot and that was my destiny and I didn't mind it
~ Elizabeth Kostova
Ao sairmos para o anoitecer dourado das ruas bizantinas, refleti como era estranho que, mesmo sob as circunstâncias mais extraordinárias, durante episódios mais perturbadores da vida, nos lugares mais distantes de casa e de tudo que nos é familiar, possam existir esses momentos de incontestável alegria.
Faith is simply whatever is real to us.
My guess is that he remembers some of me, some of us together, and the rest rolled off him like topsoil in a flash flood.