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I often think of you all, one cannot do what one wants in life. the more you feel attached to a spot, the more ruthlessly you are compelled to leave it, but the memories remain, and one remembers - as in a looking glass, darkly - one's absent friends.
-Vincent Van Gogh
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Vincent Van Gogh
I often think of you all, one cannot do what one wants in life. the more you feel attached to a spot, the more ruthlessly you are compelled to leave it, but the memories remain, and one remembers - as in a looking glass, darkly - one's absent friends.
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