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“When you reach the stars, boy, yes, and live there forever, all the fears will go, and Death himself will die.”
― The Halloween Tree
― The Halloween Tree
“Why any woman give a shit what people think is a mystery to me.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
“Siempre hay flores para aquellos que desean verlas.”
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“La vida bella y efímera, como los altares de flores y los amores de paso.”
― The Book of Embraces
― The Book of Embraces
“What the world thought made little difference. Rembrandt had to
paint. Whether he painted well or badly didn't matter; painting was the
stuff that held him together as a man. The chief value of art, Vincent, lies
in the expression it gives to the artist. Rembrandt fulfilled what he knew
to be his life purpose; that justified him. Even if his work had been
worthless, he would have been a thousand times more successful than if
he had put down his desire and become the richest merchant in
Amsterdam. (Mendes Da Costa”
― Lust for Life
paint. Whether he painted well or badly didn't matter; painting was the
stuff that held him together as a man. The chief value of art, Vincent, lies
in the expression it gives to the artist. Rembrandt fulfilled what he knew
to be his life purpose; that justified him. Even if his work had been
worthless, he would have been a thousand times more successful than if
he had put down his desire and become the richest merchant in
Amsterdam. (Mendes Da Costa”
― Lust for Life
Brenda’s 2025 Year in Books
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