E.A. Bucchianeri quotes:

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An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.
Abortion should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction against the voiceless.
Heaven is not a republic.
Righteous, I like that. Kinda fitting when you think about it. If we danced and shared music, we'd be too busy en-joy-in' life to start a war.
God Is, Lucifer is a devil, and there is a Hell.
a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.
If a man cannot serve two masters, neither can Christianity, or several thousand of them as the case may be.
No more can this Angel teach her,Yet, this guiding wing shall not forsake
It is unfortunate that in most cases when the sins of the father fall on the son it is because unlike God, people refuse to forgive and forget and heap past wrongs upon innocent generations.
In fine, a life of good or evil, the hope of Heaven or the despair of Hell, Faustus stands as a reminder that the choice between these two absolutes also falls to us.
What is it about us lady authors and our fascination for the exclamation mark?
what you think is right isn't the same as knowing what is right.
There has to be a cut-off somewhere between the freedom of expression and a graphically explicit free-for-all.
Since art is considered a noble field, art should be used to promote all that is good and noble, and in a noble fashion.
The gates of Hell are terrible to behold, are they not?
If we danced and shared music, we'd be too busy en-joy-in' life to start a war.
Evil influence is like a nicotine patch, you cannot help but absorb what sticks to you.
Now Leroux, what think youOf this twist to the story?
Weirdism is definitely the cornerstone of many an artist's career.
That's it. Love makes us all strong.
We are the sum total of the decisions we have made.
There are so many problems to solve on this planet first before we begin to trash other worlds.
While art thrives on the blazing colours of scandal, literature blossoms on the dark soil of tragedy.
It's a shame there has to be a tragedy before the best in people will finally shine.
If Christ is God, He cannot sin, and if suffering was a sin in and by itself, He could not have suffered and died for us. However, since He took the most horrific death to redeem us, He showed us in fact that suffering and pain have great power.
The devil has not vanished simply because people refuse to believe he exists, no more than God has
If there are damned souls in Hell, it is because men blind themselves.
love for our neighbours does not die the minute we enter heaven, it intensifies.
There are many forms of tyrants, but there are none so terrible as those stifling their own people in the name of freedom.
By now, with all our modern technology, there should be no poverty left on earth.
how terrible is the pain of the mind and heart when the freedom of mankind is suppressed!
A new challenge keeps the brain kicking and the heart ticking.
Sweetheart, darling, dearest, it was funny to think that these endearments, which used to sound exceedingly sentimental in movies and books, now held great importance, simple but true verbal affirmations of how they felt for each other. They were words only the heart could hear and understand, words that could impart entire pentameter sonnets in their few, short syllables.
You cannot sodomize a Sacrament and expect God to say, 'Well done.
Democracy was supposed to champion freedom of speech, and yet the simple rules of table decorum could clamp down on the rights their forefathers had fought and died for.
True beauty lies not upon gilded veneers,But found in the soul within."
Twitter... 140 character limit... must be a great tool for fortune cookie writers..
Tempted to type meaningless twaddle all the time on Twitter...with alliteration, no less!
The most beautiful moments always seemed to accelerate and slip beyond one's grasp just when you want to hold onto them for as long as possible.
You staying home all alone on New Year's Eve? Unthinkable. Take my advice the countdown should be shared with someone, or it's just another set of numbers passing you by.
When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith....
If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?
While she could hardly fathom what had just happened to her that night, she reached some conclusions before she fell asleep, certain things now made perfect sense; Moon River didn't sound so syrupy, mistletoe wasn't such a bad idea, and perhaps dating was not such a frivolous waste of time after all.
It's not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it's the most patriotic thing we can do.
... an artist should paint from the heart, and not always what people expect. Predictability often leads to the dullest work, in my opinion, and we have been bored stiff long enough I think.
Sublime wonders lie in store,I am shown a regal residence;a mighty kingdom, an empirewith more grandeur than before ...
Be wise today so you don't cry tomorrow.
Theatres are curious places, magician's trick-boxes where the golden memories of dramtic triumphs linger like nostalgic ghosts, and where the unexplainable, the fantastic, the tragic, the comic and the absurd are routine occurences on and off the stage. Murders, mayhem, politcal intrigue, lucrative business, secret assignations, and of course, dinner.
... love for our neighbours does not die the minute we enter heaven, it intensifies.
Love, like Fortune, favours the bold.
... a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.
A mask you ask? Optional I find!Masks lend appeal of a mysterious kind.
Stay away from the underground lake I implore,The Siren will see you are heard of no more.
The Scorpion?The Grasshopper?Which way will she go?
If on thoughts of death we are fed,Thus, a coffin, became my bed.
True beauty lies not upon gilded veneers,But found in the soul within.
He offered his love ... she could not bother,She gives her love to the other! The other!
I beg you, help me, in angelic charity,Pray my efforts will reflect your mastery!
Yet, beauty cannot be forgotten,Eternal Wisdom can never die ...
Pity that child who was born near Rouen,His only crime, to arrive deformed.
Monsieur, you must be mad!Box Five can never be hadFor money, love or the world ...
Music helps to forgetThis forsaken tomb,That is my abodeCellars downFar belowUnder the ground, ...
Has father from HeavenSent the Angel to me?
No more can this Angel teach her,Yet, this guiding wing shall not forsake ...
Have they known scorn like youFive cellars down?
If Erik existed and lived life in despair,We wish him to know we are here and we care.
Twitter: proudly promoting ghastly grammar and silly misspelling since 2006.
... insanity is never reasonable.
It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense.
Well, if it can be thought, it can be done, a problem can be overcome,
...they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve, and if you do, you never get the results you expected.
There are times when wisdom cannot be found in the chambers of parliament or the halls of academia but at the unpretentious setting of the kitchen table.
Love is supposed to be based on trust, and trust on love, it's something rare and beautiful when people can confide in each other without fearing what the other person will think.
(Marlowe's) Faustus stubbornly reverts to his atheistic beliefs and continues his elementary pagan re-education ~ the inferno to him is a 'place' invented by men.
... what you think is right isn't the same as knowing what is right.
A conscience without regrets ~ to live life without having to say you're sorry.
Have you ever felt you were born in the wrong decade, or came just a bit too late and missed out on all the good stuff when it was in its heyday?
To be, or not to be: what a question!
Sometimes, the simple things are more fun and meaningful than all the banquets in the world ...
If you want to keep people happy, just keep the food and entertainment rolling.
The show must go on, and so must The Book.
If you are what you eat, you are what you see and hear.
It was exciting to be off on a journey she had looked forward to for months. Oddly, the billowing diesel fumes of the airport did not smell like suffocating effluence, it assumed a peculiar pungent scent that morning, like the beginning of a new adventure, if an adventure could exude a fragrance.
The simple everyday experiences become the doorway to new thoughts and inspirations.
Art is in the eye of the beholder, and everyone will have their own interpretation.
They lived off each other's hypocrisy, fuelling a worthless market of trash.
Let's always try to paint the truth ... our art must be made to mean something.
... a man doesn't like to have his ego popped, especially when he prides himself on his sagacity, and then to be proved wrong by a man who claims he doesn't know anything.
I am an artist you know ... it is my right to be odd.
How often have the greatest thoughts and ideas come to light during conversations with the family over the evening dinner?
If that's the case, waiter, please bring me another piece of cake," Gramps said as lunch was brought to the table, "I'm all for fighting tyranny and oppression.
The devil has not vanished simply because people refuse to believe he exists, no more than God has...
I believe books should be like a prime rib steak ~ good and thick.
... true evil needs no reason to exist, it simply is and feeds upon itself.
... how terrible is the pain of the mind and heart when the freedom of mankind is suppressed!
Falling in love is very real, but I used to shake my head when people talked about soul mates, poor deluded individuals grasping at some supernatural ideal not intended for mortals but sounded pretty in a poetry book. Then, we met, and everything changed, the cynic has become the converted, the sceptic, an ardent zealot.
Could mankind declare it was truly wise? Did man know everything on earth, or would he ever? Certainly not!
Make your lives a masterpiece, you only get one canvas.
Ah, the magic of music, with it, all things are possible.
So it's true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.
You know something is wrong when the government declares opening someone else's mail is a felony but your internet activity is fair game for data collecting.
You know how creative people are, we have to try everything until we find our niche.
You can't enjoy art or books in a hurry.
... far be it from a Frenchman to interfere with love.
... it's a blessed thing to love and feel loved in return.
Editors can be stupid at times. They just ignore that author's intention. I always try to read unabridged editions, so much is lost with cut versions of classic literature, even movies don't make sense when they are edited too much. I love the longueurs of a book even if they seem pointless because you can get a peek into the author's mind, a glimpse of their creative soul. I mean, how would people like it if editors came along and said to an artist, 'Whoops, you left just a tad too much space around that lily pad there, lets crop that a bit, shall we?'. Monet would be ripping his hair out.
Free time is a terrible thing to waste. Read a book.
Upon the publication of Goethe's epic drama, the Faustian legend had reached an almost unapproachable zenith. Although many failed to appreciate, or indeed, to understand this magnum opus in its entirety, from this point onward his drama was the rule by which all other Faust adaptations were measured. Goethe had eclipsed the earlier legends and became the undisputed authority on the subject of Faust in the eyes of the new Romantic generation. To deviate from his path would be nothing short of blasphemy.
There are some things you can't learn at any university, except for one, the University of Life... the only college where everyone is a permanent student.
It's an artist's right to rebel against the world's stupidity.
Liberace was certainly master and commander of the ivories ~ he is the only pianist I can watch or listen to without suffering a case of 'Stagefright Sympathy Sickness'.
You cannot hinder someone's free will, that's the first law of the Universe, no matter what the decision.
Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country? Plato: I have, and think it odd they do this.Socrates: How so, Plato?Plato: It is like reminding a baker he is a baker, or a sculptor he is asculptor.Socrates: You mean to say if someone is convinced of their trade, they haveno need to be reminded.Plato: That is correct.Socrates: I agree. If these citizens were convinced of their freedom, they would not need reminders.
There is much to discover that's not on the back cover!
You'll have to fall in love at least once in your life, or Paris has failed to rub off on you.
...it's just another one of those things I don't understand: everyone impresses upon you how unique you are, encouraging you to cultivate your individuality while at the same time trying to squish you and everyone else into the same ridiculous mould. It's an artist's right to rebel against the world's stupidity
Speed is not always a constituent to great work, the process of creation should be given time and thought.
It was only high school after all, definitely one of the most bizarre periods in a person's life. How anyone can come through that time well adjusted on any level is an absolute miracle.
Love, like everything else in life, should be a discovery, an adventure, and like most adventures, you don't know you're having one until you're right in the middle of it.
Sometimes, the simple things are more fun and meaningful than all the banquets in the world.

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