Threshold/music

Famous quotes containing the words threshold and/or music:

    I had a good talk with Alcott this afternoon. He is certainly the youngest man of his age we have seen,—just on the threshold of life. When I looked at his gray hairs, his conversation sounded pathetic; but I looked again, and they reminded me of the gray dawn.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    Through music the passions enjoy themselves.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)