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Quote by Jean Sibelius

“For an instant God opens his door and His orchestra plays the Fifth Symphony.”

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Finnish composer known for his nationalist style and symphonic works. Sibelius's music was deeply influenced by the Finnish landscape and folk music, with his most famous works including 'Finlandia' and 'The Oceanides Symphony'. more

“A need to tell and hear stories is essential to the species Homo sapiens-second in necessity apparently after nourishment and before love and shelter. Millions survive without love or home, almost none in silence; the opposite of silence leads quickly to narrative, and the sound of story is the dominant sound of our lives, from the small accounts of our day's events to the vast incommunicable constructs of psychopaths.”

Source: A common room: essays, 1954-1987

“Writing is a fearsome but grand vocation—potentially healing but likewise deadly. I wouldn’t trade my life for the world.”

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“As a child I thought it was very boring when I had to sit with [my mother] on the city streets, but the time sank deep and surfaced later.”

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“Even now, after whatever gains feminism has made in involving fathers in the rearing of their children, I still think virtually all of us spend the most formative years of our lives very much in the presence of women”

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Author:Reynolds Price

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