“It does not matter that I paint badly. When I don't paint, I will suffer more spiritually.”
— Ever Yours: The Essential Letters, Vincent van Gogh
“The border between life and non-life, however, is unclear... A braid is thicker than a single strand.”
— Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
“There are some things you can't understand until you have lived a certain number of years.”
— Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami