"what matters is to know what you want and pursue it and understand that it's gonna be hard. because life is really difficult. you're gonna lose people you love, you're gonna suffer heartbreak, sometimes you'll be sick, sometimes you'll have a really bad toothache... but on the other hand, you'll have the most beautiful experiences. sometimes just the sky. sometimes a piece of work that you do that feels so wonderful or you find somebody to love or your children. there's beautiful things in life. so just know that when you're suffering, it's part of the package. when you look at it, we're born and we also have to die. so it makes sense that we're gonna be really happy and things are gonna be really fucked up too. just know that and ride with it. it's like a roller coaster ride and there're gonna be rough spots but it's all worth it. at least i think it is."
ps: i read just kids, the memoir of her friendship with robert mapplethorpe, earlier this year and totally loved it. kind of a fairy tale about NYC in the 60s and a beautiful meditation on love and art.
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