"Van Gogh defies every setback; he does the impossible; he does not give up.--  Anselm Kiefer

 "A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us."  --Franz Kafka

"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy."  --Ludwig van Beethoven

"To build up a library is to create a life. It’s never just a random collection of books."  --Carlos María Domínguez

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."  --Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

"You mustn't confuse a single failure with a final defeat."  --F. Scott Fitzgerald

"When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love."  --Franz Schubert