.... And when you feel the dreadful bite of your failures—and hear the taunting of unachievable, uncaring God—I will whisper my name to you: “Salieri: Patron Saint of Mediocrities!” And in the depth of your downcastness you can pray to me. And I will forgive you. Vi saluto . ( Amadeus , II.xviii) Yvan: In fact I can no longer bear any kind of rational argument, nothing formative in the world, ...