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“Vincent said something very moving on that subject, in a letter to his brother Theo in 1888. He wrote that ‘there’s nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”
― Mona's Eyes: A Novel
― Mona's Eyes: A Novel
“fact, that’s what we learn from childhood: loss. Starting with the loss of childhood itself. We learn what it was by losing it, and we learn that we’ll lose everything, always. We learn that losing is the indispensable condition for feeling alive, for the intensity of the present. We think that growing up is about accumulating gains: gains in experience, in knowledge, material gains. But that’s a delusion. Growing up means losing. Living our life means accepting that we lose it. Living our life means being able to bid it farewell, at every second.”
― Mona's Eyes: A Novel
― Mona's Eyes: A Novel
“...here's what I've learned - people will hurt you, but you don't have to respond - not every mean comment or cruel act deserves to be noticed ...”
― A Familiar Rain
― A Familiar Rain
“...I don't just wish you rain, Beloved - I wish you the beauty of storms...”
― A Familiar Rain
― A Familiar Rain
“In fact, that's what we learn from childhood:loss. Starting with the loss of childhood itself. We learn what it was by losing it, and we learn that we'll lose everything, always. We learn that losing is the indispensable condition for feeling alive, for the intensity of the present. We think that growing up is about accumulating gains; gains in experience, in knowledge, material gains. But that's a delusion. Growing up means losing. Living our life means accepting that we lose it. Living our life means being able to bid it farewell, at every second.”
― Mona's Eyes
― Mona's Eyes
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