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Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.

Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad (via wordsnquotes)

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At the Beach, Cagnes -Sur-Mer - Frits Klein

Dutch 1898-1990

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Why does one begin to write? Because she feels misunderstood, I guess. Because it never comes out clearly enough when she tries to speak. Because she wants to rephrase the world, to take it in and give it back again differently, so that everything is used and nothing is lost. Because it’s something to do to pass the time until she is old enough to experience the things she writes about.

Nicole Krauss, The History of Love (via wordsnquotes)

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I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.

Edgar Allan Poe (via wordsnquotes)

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People can be stunningly unobservant.

Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes (via wordsnquotes)

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They forgot everything the minute they were together again.

Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights (via wordsnquotes)

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Bouquet of Flowers by Gustave Courbet, Oil painting reproductions

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Lawrence Alma-Tadema - The Roses of Heliogabalus (1888)

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A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people — people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.

E.B. White (via wordsnquotes)

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When someone is going through a storm, your silent presence is more powerful than a million, empty words.

Thema Davis (via wordsnquotes)

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She goes where she pleases. She appears unhoped for, uncalled for. She moves through doors and walls and windows. Her thoughts move through minds. She enters dreams. She vanishes and is still there. She knows the future and sees through flesh. She is not afraid of anything.

Rachel Klein (via observando)

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The Waves Series by Gustave Courbert

Known as one of the world’s first Realist paintings, Gustave Courbet’s landscapes, specifically seascapes are world renowned for their composition. Composed with a heavy brush stroke and muted color palette, Courbet’s portrayal of the sea is often violent, passionate and heavy. Its moody milieu, heavy clouds and deep blue colors construct a romantic scenery of the Earth’s most coveted element: water.