“Free yourself, just as the slave seek for full freedom from his/her master.”
Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
“Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.”
Source: The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
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