An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.
Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches.
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.
I don't think that you can fake warmth. You can fake lust jealousy anger; those are all quite easy. But actual genuine warmth? I don't think you can fake it.