"Like some wines our love could neither mature nor travel."
— Graham Greene (The Comedians)

"Deep in each man is the knowledge that something knows of his existence. Something knows, and cannot be fled nor hid from."
— Cormac McCarthy (The Crossing)

"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."
— Pablo Picasso

"Always be a poet, even in prose."
— Charles Baudelaire

"Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are."
— Anaïs Nin