“Above all, do not lie to yourself. A man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point where he does not discern any truth either in himself or anywhere around him, and thus falls into disrespect towards himself and others. Not respecting anyone, he ceases to love, and having no love, he gives himself up to passions and coarse pleasures, in order to occupy and amuse himself, and in his vices reaches complete bestiality, and it all comes from lying continually to others and to himself.”

1. Arbustum - a plantation of shrubs or small trees; copse, orchard
2. Bummel - to go or wander around at a leisurely pace
3. Canephore - a maiden bearing a basket on her head in an early Greek religious festival
4. Damascene - to ornament (something, such as iron or steel) with wavy patterns like those of watered silk or with inlaid work of precious metals
5. Galanty - an entertainment consisting of the telling of a story by means of the shadows of miniature figures thrown on a wall or screen
6. Instauration - restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation
7. Mithridate - a confection held to be effective against poison
8. Morbidezza - an extreme delicacy and softness; a sensual delicacy of flesh-coloring in painting
9. Navette – marquise (i.e., a gem or a ring setting or bezel usually elliptical in shape but with pointed ends)
10. Orchesis - the art of dancing in the Greek chorus
11. Panomphean - giving forth all divination; universal
12. Plenilune - the time of full moon, also: a full moon
13. Recrudescence - a new outbreak after a period of abatement or inactivity; renewal
14. Subrident - wearing or offered with a smile
15. Systaltic - marked by regular contraction and dilatation; pulsing
16. Trumeau - a central pillar supporting the tympanum of a large doorway especially in a medieval building
17. Velation - the state of being veiled
18. Virtu - productions of art especially of a curious or antique nature
19. Voussoir - one of the wedge-shaped pieces forming an arch or vault
20. Xoanon - a primitive image of wood sometimes recalling in shape the block or tree-trunk from which it was cut

“Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear.”

“Education is not implanted in the soul unless one reaches a greater depth.”

Hélène Cixous, from The Laugh of the Medusa

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”

“Philosophers often seem to think that they can just ‘assign’ any meaning whatever to any word; and so no doubt, in an absolutely trivial sense, they can (like Humpty-Dumpty).”

“Show me the most damaged parts of your soul, and I will show you how it still shines like gold.”

“I’ve found that growing up means being honest. About what I want. What I need. What I feel. Who I am.”

“If you ignore your feelings they will get your attention in other ways.”