Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us. – Voltaire
[V]iolet… inclines to purple, and so seems to conceal under an ashy blue the pride and passion of red. – Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, “Personal Adornment: Colours and Their