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"The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time. ~William Butler Yeats. Art: Albert Bierstadt.

"But we by a love so much refined, That our selves know not what it is, Inter-assured of the mind, Care less, eyes, lips, and hands to miss." ~John Donne, Illustration: Angela Barrett

"That's what literature is. It's the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them!" ~Connie Willis, Passage. Art: Reading at the Window 1900 Peter Ilsted.

"It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not." ~Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves

the joy of starting a new book is one of the biggest joys for me

~"She seemed imprisoned in her sadness." ~Sena Jeter Naslund, Four Spirits. Art: Edouard Leon Cortes (French, 1882–1969）

“When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” ~Haruki Murakami - Kafka on the Shore. 🎨John Atkinson

"Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound." ~Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper. 🎨William Quiller Orchardson.

all the people who find beauty in the little things also feel horrific realities of life deeply. Maybe thats why sadness is associated with intelligence.

“There is loneliness in this world so great that you can see it in the slow movement of the hands of a clock. People so tired, mutilated either by love or no love” ~Charles Bukowski,🎨John Atkinson

"The worst part of holding memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared." ~Lois Lowry, 🎨John Atkinson Grimshaw.

“Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.” ~John Ortberg, 🎨Arthur Parton.

calmness you feel when you meet a truly good and beautiful soul....i love people who make you feel seen, appreciated and simply...accepted.

how lucky we are to watch the sunsets-sunrise, be able to read books, drink coffee, enjoy solitude....to be happy in the little things is what life is all about.

walking is such an underrated therapy.

"There is something so enchanting in the smile of melancholy. It is a ray of light in the darkness, a shade between sadness and despair, showing the possibility of consolation." ~Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace, Painting by : Julius von Klever

my perfect combos are rain, coffee and books.

"As long as there's such a thing as time, everybody's damaged in the end, changed into something else. It always happens, sooner or later." ~Kafka on the shore, Haruki Murakami.🎨Daniel Ablitt.