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“Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“Bookstores always remind me that there are good things in this world”
― Vincent van Gogh

“To understand blue you must first understand yellow and orange”
― Vincent van Gogh, Van Gogh's 'Diary': The Artist's Life in His Own Words and Art

“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“One of the most beautiful things to do is to paint darkness, which nevertheless has light in it.”
― Van Gogh, Cartas a Théo

“The earth from afar shines like a star”
― Vincent van Gogh

“Drawing is the root of everything!”
― Vincent van Gogh, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

“Love is something eternal... The aspect may change but not the essence.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“money can be repaid, but not kindness such as yours.”
― Vincent van Gogh, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

“I thought I would be understood without words.”
― Vincent Van Gogh

“You and everyone you know are going to be dead soon. And in the short amount of time between here and there, you have a limited amount of fucks to give. Very few, in fact. And if you go around giving a fuck about everything and everyone without conscious thought or choice—well, then you’re going to get fucked.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“Who you are is defined by what you’re willing to struggle for.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“Show me the heart unfettered by foolish dreams, and I'll show you a happy man." Keating: "But only in their dreams can men be truly free. 'Twas always thus, and always thus will be.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“We reached for each other, and I thought of how many nights I had lain awake loving him in silence.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles