"We look almost happy out in the sun, while we bleed to death from wounds we know nothing about." -Tomas Tranströmer
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My mind speaks English, my heart speaks Russian, and my ear prefers French.Vladimir Nabokov, trilingual writer that understood the very different personalities of the languages he spoke. (via youngfolksociety)
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“To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.”
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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➜Throw everything away, forget about it all! You are learning too much, remembering too much, trying too hard… Relax a little bit, give life a chance to flow its own way, unassisted by your mind and effort. Stop directing the river’s flow.
