closing ours

hi, here is: art memes and quotes I've found on the internet or elsewhere. archive. digital time capsule. Europe, 2026. @closingours

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"and your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime And Punishment, 328.

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It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.

James Baldwin, (as quoted in The New York Times, June 1, 1964).

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Than live on my knees I'd rather die on my feet [...] So you can watch me, watch me rise With the things we carry

Have Heart, Watch Me Rise, The Things We Carry, 2006.

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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

Anton Chekhov (attributed)

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Him that I love, I wish to be Free -- Even from me.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Even, 1956.

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Street Photography Vivian Maier, Chicago, Illinois, 1950s. source

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Sticks and stones break my bones But it's the words that make me cry

Jon Lajoie, Everyday Normal Guy 2, You Want Some of This, 2008.

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The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

Carl G. Jung (attributed)

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I hurled insults at him, I told him not to waste his rotten prayers on me; it was better to burn than to disappear.

Albert Camus, The Stranger, 86.

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You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.

James Baldwin, (as quoted in Jane Howard, "Doom and glory of knowing who you are" in LIFE Magazine, Vol. 54, No. 21, 89).

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I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is born again. (I think I made you up inside my head.)

Sylvia Plath, Mad Girl's Love Song, 1953.

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Street Photography Vivian Maier, New York, New York, 1954. source

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He licked his lips. "Well, if you want my opinion-" "I don’t," she said. "I have my own."

Toni Morrison, Beloved, 267.

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Man, it takes a long time to sound like yourself.

Miles Davis (attributed)

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The present moment is the destination, the point to arrive at. Every time you breathe in and take a step, you arrive.

Thích Nhất Hạnh, "The Heart of Practice" in You Are Here, 35.

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We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

Joseph Campbell, (as quoted in Diane K. Osbon, "In the Field" in Reflections on the Art of Living, 13).

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Joseph Beuys, I Like America and America Likes Me, New York City, 1974.

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