This is what life is.

the fact that vincent van gogh was deeply sad and yet he still found the courage to paint the most beautiful, richly colored paintings never fails to amaze me. it reminds me that despite the sadness in our hearts and the weight of the world, there is beauty and life too.

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posted 4 years ago with 19,630 notes (© drowningpoetry)

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reptilealiensmadeoflight:

– Anne Carson, “Short Talk on Van Gogh”

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posted 4 years ago with 3,877 notes (© fuckyeahannecarson)

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You must let the pain visit.
You must allow it to teach you
You must not allow it to overstay.

—Ijeoma Umebinyuo, three routes to healing (via earthmedicina)

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posted 4 years ago with 92,574 notes (© sad-plath)

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shirleywritesabit:

You are not just studying for your future.
You are studying to save those patients.
You are studying to save that family’s mother from a lengthy jail sentence.
You are studying to teach us all.
You are studying to improve global communication.
You are studying to improve the environment.
You are studying so we learn from the past.
You are studying so technology progresses.
Who ever you are and whatever your goals are.
Your decision to study will change the world.
Literally.

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posted 4 years ago with 325,460 notes (© shirleywritesabit-blog)

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Some days you’re going to feel so unbeautiful. Some days the one you need most is not going to want to touch you, hold you, see you, be around you when you ache, when you need them to choose you without having to ask them to. Sometimes your being a force of nature will go against you. Sometimes putting others before you is going to go against you. And you will hurt darling, how you will hurt. On those days remember how high you have climbed just to feel the sun on your face. How brave you are. Remember sitting on the ledge of that building looking at how far down the ground was and having the confidence in yourself not to fall. Remember staring into the eyes of those who have hurt you and taking away their power by never allowing them to hurt you anymore. Remember clawing your way out of every abyss that you fell into. Now channel that girl, that lioness again. You can conquer anything.

—Nikita Gill (via meanwhilepoetry)

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shirleywritesabit:

You are not just studying for your future.
You are studying to save those patients.
You are studying to save that family’s mother from a lengthy jail sentence.
You are studying to teach us all.
You are studying to improve global communication.
You are studying to improve the environment.
You are studying so we learn from the past.
You are studying so technology progresses.
Who ever you are and whatever your goals are.
Your decision to study will change the world.
Literally.

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