In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a close and romantic intimacy of affection between the sexes which shocked austere moralists. – Havelock Ellis
Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life? – Havelock Ellis
There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it. – Havelock Ellis
Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive. – Havelock Ellis
I think Bach is equally a romantic composer because he laid the seeds harmonically for people like Chopin and the great Romantics, Brahms, so its difficult to you know all this like labelling and putting – I think Bach is attractive to musicians because he supersedes the labels. – Nigel Kennedy