"Nature sometimes contrives to disconcert by reflecting the image of our creation."

“Happiness is the soul's joy in the possession of the intangible.”

Source : William George Jordan (2007). “The Majesty of Calmness”, p.41, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

“Everyone's life is a page in the human history irrespective of the position he or she holds or the work he or she performs.”

“To set foot on the soil of the asteroids, to lift by hand a rock from the Moon, to observe Mars from a distance of several tens of kilometers, to land on its satellite or even on its surface, what can be more fantastic? From the moment of using rocket devices a new great era will begin in astronomy: the epoch of the more intensive study of the firmament.”

“All I know is a door into the dark”

Source : Seamus Heaney (2014). “Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996”, p.437, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

“Improvisation was the blood and bone of jazz, and in the classic, New Orleans jazz it was collective improvisation in which each performer, seemingly going his own melodic way, played in harmony, dissonance, or counterpoint with the improvisations of his colleagues. Quite unlike ragtime, which was written down in many cases by its composers and could be repeated note for note (if not expression for expression) by others, jazz was a performer's not a composer's art.”

“The only compensation for the artist is the chance to feed hungry hearts.”

Source : Anzia Yezierska (1979). “The open cage: an Anzia Yezierska collection”

“Poetry, I thought then, and still do, is a matter of space on the page interrupted by a few well-chosen words, to give them importance. Prose is a less grand affair which has to stretch to the edges of the page to be convincing.”

“Teams do not seek consensus; they seek the best answer.”