Art is affirmation.

“A word has power in and of itself. It comes from nothing into sound and meaning…”

“If coupling should but make us whole / And of the selfsame mind and soul, / The…”

“At first she thought the writing would be easy. She was extremely confident in …”

“It was not an exclamation so much, I think, as it was a warding off, an exertio…”