The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It happens from time to time in every complex and active society, that certain persons feel the complexity and insistence as a… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
“I felt my own self-sufficiency, my own Walden Pond, seeping out of me as if I'd sprung a leak. Self soaked into… — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Many have believed that Walden reached quite through to the other side of the globe. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I have hardly begun to live on Staten Island yet; but, like the man who, when forbidden to tread on English ground,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A field of water betrays the spirit that is in the air. It is continually receiving new life and motion from above.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“What I have observed of the pond is no less true in ethics. ... Such a rule ... draws lines through the… — Thoreau Copy Share Image
It is remarkable how easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for ourselves. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“The white woman across the aisle from me says 'Look, look at all the history, that house on the hill there is… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“[Thoreau's] famous night in jail took place about halfway through his stay in the cabin on Emerson's woodlot at Walden Pond. His… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“Thoreau could speculate that even a slight shift in natural processes—a little colder winter, a little higher flood—might put an end to… — Laura Dassow Walls Copy Share Image
[He] was always here to offer cups of good clear Walden Pond, or shout down the deep well of Shakespeare and listen,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Kessler depicts his developing intimacy with a handful of dairy goats and offers an enviable glimpse of the pastoral good life. Yet… — Heather Paxson Copy Share Image
I have very fond memories of swimming in Walden Pond when we lived in Boston. You'd swim past a log and see… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
While some men believe in the infinite, some ponds will be thought to be bottomless. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I am no more lonely than the loon in the pond that laughs so loud, or than Walden Pond itself. What company… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“My purpose in going to Walden Pond was not to live cheaply nor to live dearly there but to transact some private… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poor-house. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
There is a vortex of energy at the bottom of Walden Pond. That's where the inter-dimensional opening is. As people swim in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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