Jonathan Safran Foer Quote

الموسيقى بالنسبة لفرانز هي الفن الأكثر قرباً من الجمال الديونيسي الذي يقدّس النشوة. يمكن لرواية أو للوحة أن تدوّخنا ولكن بصعوبة. أما مع السمفونية التاسعة لبيتهوڤن، أو مع السوناتة المؤلفة من آلتيْ بيان...

Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.

I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.

Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumstances, but triumphs over circumstances. It produces a gentleness of spirit and a magnetic personality...

You cannot change the past, but you can make a difference now

Why wait to forgive and let go only after you have sufficiently wallowed in your despair? Why not forgive and let go now?

Love feeds on deception.

The father who has selflessly poured himself into the life of his children may leave no other monument than that of his children. But as for a life well lived, no other monument is necessary.

Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.

Before you're given what you want, you'll first be tested with what you don't really want.