"I am fond of them, of the..." - Quote by Richard Wagner
I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing.
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“What Music expresses is eternal, infinite, and ideal; she expresses not the passion, love, desire, of this or that individual in this or that condition, but Passion, Love, Desire itself, and in such infinitely varied phases as lie in her unique possession and are foreign and unknown to any other tongue...So...Here's to Victory, gained by our higher sense over the worthlessness of the vulgar! To Love, which crowns our courage...To the day, to the night!...And three cheers for Music.”
“Any so-called stimulus program is a ruse. The government can increase its spending only by reducing private spending equivalently.”
“The essence of higher instrumental music lays herein that one is able to express in tones that what one is unable to say in words.”
More on Longing
“To want and not to have, sent all up her body a hardness, a hollowness, a strain. And then to want and not to have- to want and want- how that wrung the heart, and wrung it again and again!”
“You are the Essence of the Essence, The intoxication of Love. I long to sing Your Praises but stand mute with the agony of wishing in my heart !”
“I understand Crawford paid you a visit?" "Yes." "And was he attentive?" "Yes, very." "And has your heart changed towards him?" "Yes. Several times. I have - I find that I - I find that-" "Shh. Surely you and I are beyond speaking when words are clearly not enough.... I missed you." "And I you.”
More on Desire
“There they lay, but not in the forgetfulness of the previous night. She was seeking and he was seeking, they raged and contorted their faces and bored their heads into each others bosom in the urgency of seeking something, and their embraces and their tossing limbs did not avail to make them forget, but only reminded them of what they sought”
“Words have no language which can utter the secrets of love; and beyond the limits of expression is the expounding of desire.”
“The desire that is satisfied is not a great desire, nor has the shoulder used all its might that an unbreakable gate has never strained.”