Posted on September 2, 2019January 21, 2019“We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates… Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.” – Junichiro Tanizaki
Posted on June 21, 2010January 31, 2019“Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish … know not what is the real happiness of life: just as those who have been tossed on the stormy waters of the ocean on a few frail planks can alone estimate the value of a clear and serene sky.” – Edmond Dantes, The Count of Monte Cristo
