And when I read, and really I do not read so much, only a few authors,…

Vincent Van Gogh
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And when I read, and really I do not read so much, only a few authors, - a few men that I discovered by accident - I do this because they look at things in a broader, milder and more affectionate way than I do, and because they know life better, so that I can learn from them. ✨ Vincent van Gogh, Mark Roskill (1997). The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh, p.134, Simon and Schuster
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