SIBELIUS

My letters would give an entirely false picture of me. They always take on the tone that is best suited to the recipient.
(In personal recollections by Sibelius's secretary, Santeri Levas, 1960)

This is a strange diary. The mirror of a sensitive soul or – if you wish – a spittoon. I will definitely never become the great composer that I and Aino dreamt I would be.
(Diary, 11th February 1915)

I am related to the wading birds; they too live without a clock as I have done during long periods of my life.
(To Jussi Jalas, 13th June 1943)

Jean Sibelius





MA KAOTASIN OMA KELLA.
IMELIKUL KOMBEL EI TUNNE MA SELLEST PUUDUST.

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kustmasain:
http://www.sibelius.fi/english/omin_sanoin/ominsanoin_11.htm

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Moscow - Vladivostock:

this is the longest train ride of them all - 9,258 km or 6,152 miles. This is called the 'Trans Siberia Express' and the journey takes 7 days.


Dear passengers U are not moving anywhere.
This is an illusion.


Everything is.