“Music is the shorthand of emotion. Emotions, which let themselves be described in words with such difficulty, are directly conveyed to man in music, and in that is its power and significance.”
More from Leo Tolstoy
“He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended…”
“But their eyes when they met spoke more fondly and kissed tenderly.”
“Everything I know, I know because of love.”
“Everything is, everything exists, only because I love”