Evening Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“By my intimacy with nature I find myself withdrawn from man. My interest in the sun and the moon, in the morning and the evening, compels me to solitude.” quote by Henry David Thoreau — Download Open image

“By my intimacy with nature I find myself withdrawn from man. My interest in the sun and the moon, in the morning and the evening, compels me to solitude.”

Henry David Thoreau

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