Light, when suddenly let in, dazzles and hurts and almost blinds us: but this soon passes away, and it seems to become the only element we can exist in. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers
I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. Its a metaphor for womens lives, their creativity. – Vera Wang
It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all ones life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than try to be a little kinder. – Aldous Huxley