“No man is quite so much a hero in the dark as in broad daylight, in solitude as in society, in the gloom of the churchyard as in the blaze of the drawing-room. The season and the place may be such as to oppress the stoutest heart with a mysterious awe, which, if not fear, is near akin to it.” IfsMenHeartMayDarkRoomsHeroSolitudeSeasonsDrawingMysteriousAweBroadsGloomDaylight Book:BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL MISCELLANIES Source: BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL MISCELLANIES
“You may be sitting in a room reading this book. Imagine one note struck upon the piano. Immediately that one note is enough to change the atmosphere of the room - proving that the sound element in music is a powerful and mysterious agent, which it would be foolish to deride or belittle.” MayBookEnoughWould BeReadingSoundRoomsPowerfulImagineProveElementsMusic IsSittingNotesFoolishMysteriousAgentsAtmospherePianoBelittle Book:What to Listen For in Music Source: What to Listen For in Music
“The father's life is surrounded by mysterious prestige: the hours he spends in the home, the room where he works, the objects around him, his occupations, his habits, have a sacred character. It is he who feeds the family, is the one in charge and the head. Usually he works outside the home, and it is through him that the household communicates with the rest of the world: he is the embodiment of this adventurous, immense, difficult, and marvelous world; he is transcendence, he is God.” WorldCharacterHomeLife IsFatherDifficultHoursRoomsObjectsHabitSacredCommunicateWork OutMysteriousOccupationHouseholdImmenseMarvelousTranscendenceAdventurousPrestigeEmbodiment Author:Simone de Beauvoir
“I love the fact that we can't explain coincidences. I think it's like sometimes you walk into a crowded room and you'll see a stranger and you feel as if you know her better than the friends that you came with. And the very fact that you can't explain it is what gives it its power, that it lies in some deeper or mysterious realm, I think.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingFeelsSometimesFactsLyingWalksRoomsDeeperStrangerMysteriousRealmsCoincidenceCrowded Author:Pico Iyer