Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through.... - Joseph Conrad

"Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings."

"History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird."

"Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life."

"Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life."

"Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear"