"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." Anatole France

“I am so small I can barely be seen. How can this great love be inside me? Look at your eyes. They are small, but they see enormous things.” Rumi

"Whenever I see someone with an abundance of empathy I want to ask what heartbreak they have endured, for compassion is often birthed in the valley of despair.” Zoe Clark-Coates

“All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.” Cloude Monet Les Coquelicots / Poppy Field (1873) by Claude Monet

But I have a new love for that glittering instrument, —the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is always attacked and never destroyed - because 'Thou mayest'. John Steinbeck

Yasuda Ikuyo

Will Barnet, Woman and #Cat, 1979 charcoal on vellum

Sunday

Sunday morning. I beg you, calm down a bit. Franz Kafka, 1905.

Kurt Vonnegut, go into the arts

Cache cache Saint Guénolé #Breizh #Bretagne #PaysBigouden

Barbara Peirson | The Coastal Path

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury; ...to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently; ...to let the spiritual...grow up through the common. This is my symphony. William Ellery Channing

Otto Schön, Atelierstillleben, 1926.

"The secret story is the one we'll never know, although we're living it from day to day, thinking we're alive, thinking we've got it all under control and the stuff we overlook doesn't matter." Roberto Bolaño, 1953-2003

Tony Woods

Fumi Yanagimoto

By the way, I'm not giving up hope for you at all, I have to tell you that. You are easily distressed but also easily happy, remember that when in despair. Franz Kafka, 1914.