To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.

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“Live by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happ…”

“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself p…”

“You know — we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was …”