Art is love and it covers. It sheilds.
Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence.
There are no safeguards that can protect the emotional investor from himself.
And I think that in myself (and perhaps evident in what I write) fear of loss and the corresponding instinct to protect myself against loss are potent forces.
I choose to live without hope to protect myself from disappointment. It's very effective!
Sadness is also a kind of defence.
Occupation is the armor of the soul.
I'll read tweets that people will tweet at me from time to time, but I try not to read too much about it, because you just never know what's going to end up influencing you.