“For art is about desire, is it not, and never its consummation?” — A. Manette Ansay Copy Share Image
“If we just had some time to ourselves, we could talk to each other the way we used to. Maybe about nothing in particular… — A. Manette Ansay Copy Share Image
“Each piano is unique. Each feels different beneath your hand and yields a new geography of sound. Each room or hall accepts that sound… — A. Manette Ansay Copy Share Image
“For art is about desire, is it not, and never its consummation?” — A. Manette Ansay Copy Share Image
“You know the one about the old man whose grandson is getting married? Just before the wedding, he calls the boy in for a… — A. Manette Ansay Copy Share Image
“Infatuation is the inciting incident. Maybe it goes somewhere, maybe it doesn't, but you can't have a story without it. Love is the story… — A. Manette Ansay Copy Share Image
“Religion in this country is worse than communism. Say the wrong thing, think the wrong thing and, look--there's the Stasi knocking at your door.” — A. Manette Ansay Copy Share Image
“One cannot exchange ideas with a rational person any more than one can argue with a religious fanatic.” — A. Manette Ansay Copy Share Image
“Who else but a lover retains the ability to wound the other person with such passion, such precision? And who else but that lover… — A. Manette Ansay Copy Share Image
