Unexpected Harmony Quotes

the relationship between the two men was something of a miracle in itself. It was a cordiality based, apparently, on complete non-comprehension cemented by a deep mutual respect for the utterly unknown. No two men saw less eye to eye and the result was unexpected harmony, as if a dog and a fish had mysteriously become friends and were proud each of the other's remarkable dissimilarity to himself.

It has amazed me that the most incongruous traits should exist in the same person and, for all that, yield a plausible harmony.

There is a certain perfection in accident which we never consciously attain.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect.

I like things that sound like maybe they shouldn't belong.

How weird was it that so many bits and pieces, all diverse, could make something whole. Something with potential. 'Perfect.

In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.