VIII

Misunderstanding of a countenance is the result of the eclipse of the

real image by the hallucination born of it.

Know then the joys of a bitter life, and pray, pray ceaselessly. Prayer

is a store-house of energy. (Altar of the will. Moral dynamics. The

sorcery of the sacraments. Hygiene of the soul.)

Music deepens the sky.

Jean Jacques said that he could not enter a restaurant without a

certain emotion. For a timid nature, a ticket office somewhat resembles

the tribunal of hell.

Life has but one true attraction: the attraction of play. But if we

care not whether we win or lose?

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