Chopin was emotional, but not mawkish. Feeling is very far from sentimentality, The preulde tells of pain, not reverie. It hurts, but he doesn't show it.
Read more Charlotte Andergast QuotesFrom: Autumn Sonata
All that was sensitive and delicate, you attacked. All that was alive, you tried to smother.
But one thing I did understand: not a shred of the real me could be loved or accepted. I didn't dare to be myself even when I was alone because I hated what was my own.
It was all done in the name of love. Everything is possible and is done in the name of love and solicitude.