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They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand, the… — John Milton Copy Share Image
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“Francis Crozier believes in nothing. Life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short . It has no plan, no point, no hidden… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers. The more solitary I… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I found solitary confinement the most forbidding aspect of prison life. There is no end and no beginning; there is only one's… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
He [Zampano] probably would of insisted on corrections and edits, he was his own harshest critic, but I've come to believe errors,… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
Do I dare disturb the universe? Yes, I do, I do. I think. Jerry suddenly understood the poster--the solitary man on the… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
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She went from opera, park, assembly, play, To morning walks, and prayers three hours a day. To part her time 'twixt reading… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
I've been talking about income inequality in America for twenty years, and when I was president, people didn't pay much attention to… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
In the mythic tradition, the Mountain is the bond between Earth and Sky. Its solitary summit reaches the sphere of eternity, and… — Rene Daumal Copy Share Image
Get a single, solitary thought in your mind, and that thought - the precious love of Jesus. Go and live it out,… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
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I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easier to be alone. To… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
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Tis not for golden eloquence I pray, A godlike tongue to move a stony heart-- Methinks it were full well to be… — Frederick Tennyson Copy Share Image
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