mostly, i just want to be kind — mary oliver
i've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and i've never let it keep me from doing a single thing i wanted to do. — georgia o’keeffe
i want to face the force of life / weaponless — karin boye
the battle is short and it’s worthwhile being sincere — vincent van gogh
from my rotting body, flowers shall grow and i am in them and that is eternity. — edvard munch
it is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent—lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. it’s as simple as that. — tove jansson
i recognize only one duty, and that is to love. — albert camus
is that what art is? to be touched thinking what we feel is ours when, in the end, it was someone else, in longing, who finds us? — ocean vuong
you listen and you know you could live a better life than you do, be softer, kinder — mary oliver
i believe in love [...] i believe we can save each other. in fact i think we must save each other — james baldwin
if the world is falling apart, i have to say the truth. but i don’t stop being in love with the world — ilya kaminsky
part of the terror is to take back our own listening. to use our own voice. to see our own light — hildegard von bingen
i think of beauty as an absolute necessity. i don’t think it’s a privilege or indulgence, it’s not even a quest. i think it’s almost like knowledge, which is to say, it’s what we were born for. — toni morrison
courage dear heart, for thou hast seen worse than this — homer
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