“Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.”

“In this world, time has three dimensions, like space. Just as an object may move in three perpendicular directions, corresponding to horizontal, vertical, and longitudinal, so an object may participate in three perpendicular futures. Each future moves in a different direction of time. Each future is real. At every point of decision, the world splits into three worlds, each with the same people, but different fates for those people. In time, there are an infinity of worlds.”

“Forks ceased their perpendicular traveling.”

“Japonisme was a vertical phenomenon running through a number of successive styles; Art Nouveau was a horizontal, chronologically limited phenomenon that embodied the aim of giving expression to a new experience of life.”

“I have no desires, save the desire to express myself in defiance of all the world’s muteness.”

“Give expression to the noble desires that lie in your heart.”