And in the afternoon they entered a land - but such a land! A land hung in mourning, darkened by gigantic cypresses, submerged; a land of reptiles, silence, shadow, decay.
“It was my family that wanted me to be a teacher. That was safe, you see. To be a painter was terrible.”
“If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.”