One science only will one genius fit so vast is art, so narrow human wit. – Alexander Pope
A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity. – Alexander Pope
And, after all, what is a lie? Tis but the truth in a masquerade. – Alexander Pope
The beginning of a friendship, the fact that two people out of the thousands around them can meet and connect and become friends, seems like a kind of magic to me. But maintaining a friendship requires work. I dont mean that as a bad thing. Good art requires work as well. – Charles de Lint