While the womanly god demands our veneration, the godlike woman kindles our love; but while we allow ourselves to melt in the celestial loveliness, the celestial self-sufficiency holds us back in awe.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
Not all admiration creates distance; some fosters closeness.
Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.
The Greeks put us to shame not only by their simplicity, which is foreign to our age; they are at the same time our rivals, nay, frequently our models, in thos…
No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.
She shone for me like the Evening Star. I loved her dearly - but at a distance.
I got a woman way over town, That's good to me, Oh yeah!
I leaned right over to kiss your stoney book A little jealous of the ships with whom you flirt A billion lovers with their cameras Snap to look and in my fanta…