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By death the moon was gathered in Long ago, ah long ago; Yet still the silver corpse must spin And with another's… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
I wish I could hold you,' she continued, bitterly, 'till we were both dead! I shouldn't care what you suffered. I care… — Emily Brontë Copy Share Image
“For twenty-five years I've been speaking and writing in defense of your right to happiness in this world, condemning your inability to… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
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“Ye know as well as I that I lost whatever heart I once had long ago,” Mick replied without emotion, a simple… — Elizabeth Hoyt Copy Share Image
“Do you know the name of these yellow stones, Mr. Pond?” asked Violet. She picked one up and gave it to him.… — Gertrude Chandler Warner Copy Share Image
In the clearness of this Himalayan air, mountains draw near, and in such splendor, tears come quietly to my eyes and cool… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
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“The ocean was back in the pond, and the only knowledge I was left with, as if I had woken from a… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“On a social level, secularism is safe. As literally the world's most fundamental conformist, the secularist wants to call himself a revolutionary… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I think the American people should see that the corporations abandoned them long ago. That people will have to build their own… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
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“Some of the owner men were kind because they hated what they had to do, and some of them were angry because… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
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“I worked, long ago, in New York City, in construction, like many young men of the Mohawk Nation. I found that whites… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
“What is it about the moment you fall in love? haw can such a small measure of time contain such enormity? I… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“And all this culture, all this art, was simply a trick. It allowed us to pretend that human beings were noble, intelligent… — Gordon Reece Copy Share Image
Certain countries long ago succeeded where the U.S. has failed in commercializing their air traffic control systems, putting them in the hands… — Holman W. Jenkins, Jr Copy Share Image
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“Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass! Reaping and singing by herself; Stop here, or gently pass! Alone she… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
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