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To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

Elbert Hubbard (via writingdotcoffee)

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Undine rising from the waters, Marble statue by Chauncey Bradley Ives [1810-1894]

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"What makes the desert beautiful,’ said the little prince, ‘is that somewhere it hides a well…"

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

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The world had changed a great deal, but the little rules, contracts and customs had not, which meant the world hadn’t actually changed at all.

Cho Nam-Joo, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (translated by Jamie Chang)

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How impossible it is to tell / bravery from selfishness down here, // the leap of faith from a doomed attempt at flight.

Tony Hoagland, from Application for Release from the Dream; "Dreamheart"

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This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.

— Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki

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You have a place in my heart no one else ever could have.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.

Josephine Hart, Damage (via thoughtkick)

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Katsushika Hokusai, 神奈川沖浪裏  The Great Wave off Kanagawa, 1830-1832

from the series  Thirty-six Views of Mt.Fuji 

An extremely rare strike that has not been sun-damaged to the  extent that most of the surviving prints have been. What’s exceptional here is that it shows the original pink sky,less faded,  not seen in almost any other versions. This is the way that Hokusai intended it to look and it brings a lovely cast, helping to complete our vision of an already iconic image.

The entire series can be seen Here  and  Here and Here and Here

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Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.

Carl Gustav Jung

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if you were only meant to be beautiful we wouldn't have put you down here in the dirt

Trista Mateer,  Aphrodite Made Me Do It

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Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (via thoughtkick)

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Some portraits I did for practice

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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

Voltaire, b. 21 November 1694

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You are a woman who, in a life filled with pain, came here to ask about love.

Talia Hibbert, Get a Life, Chloe Brown

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I like flaws and feel more comfortable around people who have them. I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

Augusten Burroughs, Magical Thinking (via quotespile)