Beautiful Things

L’art, c’est le reflet que renvoie l’âme humaine éblouie de la splendeur du beau.
--Victor Hugo




They did not know it was impossible, so they did it. –Mark Twain




Le baiser est la plus sure façon de se taire en disant tout. –Guy de Maupassant




The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars ...
Jack Kerouac