“Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.”
― The Wilderness World of John Muir
― The Wilderness World of John Muir
“The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they're organized for.”
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“...and best of all, the wilderness of books, in which she could wander, where she liked, made the library a region of bliss to her.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
“Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.”
― The Wilderness World of John Muir
― The Wilderness World of John Muir
“We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.”
― Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
― Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
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