"Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts." ― Rebecca West Topic(s): Music More From Rebecca West "Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one’s own Trojan horse." "Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves." "The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots." More In Music "Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars."― Gustave Flaubert "I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music."― James Taylor "People – not just in their teenage years – hold on to this fantasy of love when they’re not ready to have a real relationship."― Keri Russell