(as seen through our own personal lenses.)
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" 'Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, such shaping fantasies, that apprehend more than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet are imagination all compact. One sees more devils than vast hell can hold, that is the madman. The lover, always frantic, sees Helen's beauty in the brow of Egypt.' ("A Midsummer Night's Dream", Act V, Scene I) "Talking perceptions, people. Do we really see each other for what we really are, or do we just see what we want to see, the image distorted by our own personal lenses? "I lost someone today and the funny thing is, I don't even know who she was." (Northern Exposure's Chris, on losing a friend) Another wonderful quote about Life....
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