“Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.”
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
“If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.”
―
―
“I must continue to follow the path I take now. If I do nothing, if I study nothing, if I cease searching, then, woe is me, I am lost. That is how I look at it — keep going, keep going come what may.
But what is your final goal, you may ask. That goal will become clearer, will emerge slowly but surely, much as the rough draught turns into a sketch, and the sketch into a painting through the serious work done on it, through the elaboration of the original vague idea and through the consolidation of the first fleeting and passing thought.”
―
But what is your final goal, you may ask. That goal will become clearer, will emerge slowly but surely, much as the rough draught turns into a sketch, and the sketch into a painting through the serious work done on it, through the elaboration of the original vague idea and through the consolidation of the first fleeting and passing thought.”
―
“The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too”
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
“What preys on my mind is simply this one question: what am I good for, could I not be of service or use in some way?”
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
kit’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at kit’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by kit
Lists liked by kit











