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title: "2 Away Thought Quotes By John Haines"
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> [The physical domain of the country had its counterpart in me. The trails I made led outward into the hills and swamps, but they led inward also. And from the study of things underfoot, and from reading and thinking, came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-haines/the-physical-domain-of-the-country-had-its-counterpart-in-me-the/)

[John Haines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-haines/)

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> [“The physical domain of the country had its counterpart in me. The trails I made led outward into the hills and swamps, but they led inward also. And from the study of things underfoot, and from reading and thinking, came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-haines/the-physical-domain-of-the-country-had-its-counterpart-in-me-the-2/)

[John Haines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-haines/)

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## More by John Haines

> [I faced in myself a passionate and tenacious longing--to put away thought forever, and all the trouble it brings, all but the nearest desire,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-haines/i-faced-in-myself-a-passionate-and-tenacious-longing-to-put-away/)

[John Haines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-haines/)

> [The physical domain of the country had its counterpart in me. The trails I made led outward into the hills and swamps, but they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-haines/the-physical-domain-of-the-country-had-its-counterpart-in-me-the/)

[John Haines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-haines/)

> [I need to concede a considerable area to what I don't know and can't know, and perhaps don't wish to know. Only to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-haines/i-need-to-concede-a-considerable-area-to-what-i-don-t-know-and-can-t/)

[John Haines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-haines/)

> [“The physical domain of the country had its counterpart in me. The trails I made led outward into the hills and swamps, but they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-haines/the-physical-domain-of-the-country-had-its-counterpart-in-me-the-2/)

[John Haines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-haines/)

> [Cabbages, whose heads, tightly folded see and hear nothing of this world, dreaming only on the yellow and green magnificence that is hardening within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-haines/cabbages-whose-heads-tightly-folded-see-and-hear-nothing-of-this/)

[John Haines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-haines/)

> [Independent travel does that, bringing temporarily together these wandering ships that would otherwise pass in the night. Relationships were mostly brief and sometimes downright…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-haines/independent-travel-does-that-bringing-temporarily-together-these/)

[John Haines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-haines/)

> [To live by a large river is to be kept in the heart of things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-haines/to-live-by-a-large-river-is-to-be-kept-in-the-heart-of-things/)

[John Haines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-haines/)

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