“So yes--my words will probably be read. A better question is whether or not anyone will believe them. Almost certainly not, but that doesn't matter. It's not belief that I'm interested in but freedom. Writing can give that, I've found.”
― Everything's Eventual
― Everything's Eventual
“That voice didn't have logic on its side, but it didn't need to. It had good lungs and just outscreamed logic.”
― Everything's Eventual
― Everything's Eventual
“...I have slept
Weeping, and weeping I have waked; my tears
Have flow'd as if my body were not such
As others are, and I could never die.”
― The Ruined Cottage
Weeping, and weeping I have waked; my tears
Have flow'd as if my body were not such
As others are, and I could never die.”
― The Ruined Cottage
“The high meridian of the day is past,
And Ocean now, reflecting the calm Heaven,
Is of cerulean hue; and murmurs low
The tide of ebb, upon the level sands.
The sloop, her angular canvas shifting still,
Catches the light and variable airs
That but a little crisp the summer sea.
Dimpling its tranquil surface.”
― Beachy Head
And Ocean now, reflecting the calm Heaven,
Is of cerulean hue; and murmurs low
The tide of ebb, upon the level sands.
The sloop, her angular canvas shifting still,
Catches the light and variable airs
That but a little crisp the summer sea.
Dimpling its tranquil surface.”
― Beachy Head
“I walked on, still delighted with the rude beauties of the scene; for the sublime often gave place imperceptibly to the beautiful, dilating the emotions which were painfully concentrated.”
― Letters Written During A Short Residence In Sweden, Norway And Denmark
― Letters Written During A Short Residence In Sweden, Norway And Denmark
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