Ilyse

“True, the Van Gogh was just a book of reproductions, but even in the photographs of those paintings, he sensed the vivid presence of nature.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, The Life of a Stupid Man

“You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don’t need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live.”
― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built

“A heart's a heavy burden.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving Castle

“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles