My dearest colleagues seem to become metamorphosed into snarling beasts if I as much as glance at them, even if my glance is a complimentary one.

I am looked upon with suspicion. I am on the "other side."

They seem like simple subjects at first glance, but you want to keep looking because of the complicated layers of emotions. Even if you don't know the stories behind them, you can feel the emotional power. That's why they resonate with people.

The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once.

Soon, up aloft, / The silver, snarling trumpets 'gan to chide.

Great artists treasure their time with a bitter and snarling miserliness.