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1 " I wish you knew how I value you; and what an inexpressible blessing it is to have one whom one can always trust, one always the same, always ready to give comfort, sympathy and the best advice. God bless you, my dear, you are too good for me.' -Charles to Emma, 1859 "
― , Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
2 " You must remember that you are my prime treasure (and always have been).'Emma Darwin to husband Charles "
3 " We must be more and more to each other, my dear wife.' -Charles Darwin to wife Emma upon loss of daughter Annie "
4 " We shall me much less miserable together.' -Emma Darwin to husband Charles upon grief for loss of daughter Annie "
5 " It is feeling and not reasoning that drives one to prayer.' -Emma to Charles "
6 " More than any woman I ever knew, she comforted.' -Mrs. Huxley about Emma "
7 " I keep on making what I can't do yet in order to learn to be able to do it. "
― , Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers
8 " How much there is in art that is beautiful, if only one can remember what one has seen, one is never empty or truly lonely, and never alone. -Vincent Van Gogh "
9 " What a mystery life is, and love is a mystery within a mystery.-Vincent Van Gogh "
10 " Uncle Cor once had asked Vincent if he would feel anything for a woman or a girl who was beautiful, 'but I said I would have more feeling for and would prefer to be involved with one who was ugly or old or impoverished or in some way unhappy, who has acquired understanding and a soul through experience of life and trial and error, or sorrow.'-Vincent Van Gogh "
11 " Colour expresses something in itself.-Vincent Van Gogh "
12 " My heart has often been too full to speak.' -Emma to husband Charles on her gratitude for 'the cheerful and affectionate looks you have given me when I know you have been miserably uncomfortable. "
13 " I have ceased to think even of barnacles!' -Charles Darwin "
14 " (D)ying is hard, but living is harder still.—Vincent van Gogh "
15 " It is better to be fervent in spirit, even if one accordingly makes more mistakes, than narrow-minded and overly cautious.—Vincent van Gogh "
16 " Who a person becomes later in life, how he lives, how he dies, cloud's people's memories of him, spinning and skewing-distorting-their portraits of him as a child. But we will draw Vincent as clearly as we can using not only impressions but also strong lines, sharp details. A picture will emerge. "
17 " Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures, "
18 " But precisely because love is so strong, we are, especially in our youth...usually not strong enough to maintain a straight course.—Vincent van Gogh "
19 " He doesn’t talk about his past, or his future. He passionately wants to make something of his life, to make an offering to the world. And to his family. He doesn’t want to make letterheads! How can he be true to himself and keep the bond with his family? "
20 " But sometimes a person who seems easy is one whose calm outside belies a troubled and turbulent inside. "