Ken

“A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. That is why I read so much.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“The emotional excess of music felt more real than the muted emotion and soft demeanor I expressed in daily life. When I was this passionately engaged I didn't need anything else to "complete" me; not a man, not a career affirmation. I only had to give in to the music to live an immense life that I could experience any time I chose.”
― Barbara Feldon, Living Alone and Loving It

“There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they find to laugh at.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Elective Affinities

“In nature there are no rewards or punishments: there are consequences.”
― Horace Annesley Vachell, The Face of Clay: An Interpretation