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“Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.”
― Herman Hesse

“For the heart, life is simple: it beats for as long as it can. Then it stops.”
― Karl Ove Knausgård, Min kamp 1

“things you should do more often:

share your feelings,
go on walks,
listen,
say i love you,
give without the expectation of return,
ask your grandparents to tell you
stories of their life,
smile at strangers,
appreciate the little things,
have deep conversations,
compliment others on their personality
not just their appearance,
spend more time outside,
look at the sky,
forgive,
write letters,
laugh,
hug,
read poetry”
― Whitney Hanson, Harmony

“Except for the body

Except for the body
of someone you love,
including all its expressions
in privacy and in public,

trees, I think,
are the most beautiful
forms on the earth.

Though, admittedly,
if this where a contest,
the trees would come in
an extremely distant second.”
― Mary Oliver, Felicity

“Beauty is nothing, beauty won’t stay. You don’t know how lucky you are to be ugly, because if people like you, you know it’s for something else.”
― Charles Bukowski, Tales of Ordinary Madness