As I looked about the world, so much of it impoverished, I became increasingly uncomfortable about having so much while my brothers… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
Within the memory of many of my townsmen the road near which my house stands resounded with the laugh and gossip of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Harvey wasn't interested in the clothes, it was the masks that mesmerized him. They were like snowflakes: no two alike. Some were… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
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Bad acting comes in many bags, various odors. It can be performed by cardboard refugees from an Ed Wood movie, reciting their… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
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Man's maker was made man that He, Ruler of the stars, might nurse at His mother's breast; that the Bread might hunger,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
...belief has a second edge. If there are ten thousand medieval peasants who create vampires by believing them real, there may be… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
This is what it means to be a woman in this world. Every step is a bargain with pain. Make your black… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
I believe I am becoming pathetic. I'll go further, I believe that I am in love with a flower-growing, wood-carving quarryman/carpenter/pig farmer.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you are in the middle of a story it isn't a story at all, but only a confusion; a dark roaring,… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The simple and terrifying reality, forbidden from discussion in America, was that despite spending $600 billion a year on the military, despite… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
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To my surprise, I felt a certain springy keenness. I was ready to hike. I had waited months for this day, after… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
When we walk, we naturally go to the fields and woods: what would become of us, if we walked only in a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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Millions of people are joined in the knowledge that writing brings insight and calm in the same way that prayer, meditation, or… — Christina Baldwin Copy Share Image
My own time on earth has led me to believe in two powerful instruments that turn experience into love: holding and listening.… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
Very few men can speak of Nature, for instance, with any truth. They overstep her modesty, somehow or other, and confer no… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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In my mind, I gave the woman gifts. I gave her a candle stub. I gave her a box of wooden kitchen… — Lewis Nordan Copy Share Image
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Repentance was never yet produced in any man's heart apart from the grace of God. As soon may you expect the leopard… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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The history of the universe and nature is being told to us by the stars, by the Earth, by the uprising and… — Leonardo Boff Copy Share Image
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Nature has taken more care than the fondest parent for the education and refinement of her children. Consider the silent influencewhich flowers… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Oh, my sweet summer child," Old Nan said quietly, "what do you know of fear? Fear is for the winter, my little… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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