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Seriousness seemed the only mood a plain girl might adopt without exposing herself to the scorn or pity of others.
“Landscapes like ours were created by and survive through the efforts of nobodies. That's why I was so shocked to be given such a dead, rich, white man's version of its history at school. This is a landscape of modest, hardworking people. The real history of our landscape should be the history of the nobodies.”
― The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District
― The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District
“Men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. —SØREN KIERKEGAARD”
― Recursion
― Recursion
“Reading is the act of listening and speaking at the same time, with someone you’ve never met, but love. Even if you hate them, it’s a loving thing to do. You speak someone else’s words to yourself, and hear them for the first time.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
“[T]he only place on earth where immortality is provided is in libraries. This is the collective memory of humanity.”
― Thinking In Pictures: and Other Reports from My Life with Autism
― Thinking In Pictures: and Other Reports from My Life with Autism
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