" I want to buy some records,' he [Thomas Mann] said.

'Add something to surprise me,' she [Katia Mann] said.

'Give me a clue.'

'Haydn, maybe,' she said. 'Some quartets or his piano music. That would be nice, and they do no harm.'

'Is that why you want them?'

She smiled.

'They remind me of summer. "

― Colm Tóibín