“She had the revelation one Sunday that while the other instruments played for everyone the violen played for her alone .”
“Sometimes when she was alone, and she knew she was alone, she permitted her mind to play in a garden, and she smiled.”
“Their only chance to mix with royalty was while they played Bezique. They never played any other game but this one that had grown out of the French court: it was the game of the cavaliers, a game of waiting between battles.”
“I'm playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers, that's why I always lose”
“Life is like playing the violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.”
“We Play the broken string of our instruments one last time”