“May night continue to fall upon the orchestra”

“May blessings fall down upon you, all your days.”

“How to forgive the world for its beauty, which merely disguises its ugliness; for its gentleness, which merely cloaks its cruelty; for its illusion of continuity, seamlessly, as the night follows the day, so to speak- whereas in reality life is a series of brutal raptures, falling upon your defenseless hands, like the blows of a woodman's axe?”

“You are the one star I wish upon nightly, praying your glory will fall from the heavens and land in my undeserving arms.”

“The cold is getting quite severe already; all the quail have gone, and last night there was a full orchestra of wolves outside the post-station.”

“You may see all that is around youBut you may feel nothing at all.So try and close your eyes so tightAnd listen to the night time fall.”