Back of my forehead I feel tonight A whole sky full of stars. Under a western moon. Life is indeed lovely! - Juan Ramón Jiménez

If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.

I have a feeling that my boat has struck, down there in the depths, against a great thing. And nothing happens! Nothing … Silence … Waves. — Nothing happens? Or Has everything happened, and we are standing now, quietly, in the new life?

Platero is a small donkey, a soft, hairy donkey: so soft to the touch that he might be said to be made of cotton, with no bones. Only the jet mirrors of his eyes are hard like two black crystal scarabs.