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“He liked the grand size of things in the woods, the feeling of being lost and far away, and the sense he had that with so many trees as wardens, no danger could find him.”
― Denis Johnson, Train Dreams

tags: forest, trees, woods

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“He was like my father. They each wanted me to be their audience, to hear the things they needed to express.”
― Richard Ford, Canada

tags: father, fatherhood

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“It was only when you left it alone that a tree might treat you as a friend. After the blade bit in, you had yourself a war.”
― Denis Johnson, Train Dreams

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“Living up the Moyea with plenty of small chores to distract him, he forgot he was a sad man. When the hymns began, he remembered.”
― Denis Johnson, Train Dreams

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“The fortunate man is seldom satisfied with the fact of being fortunate, beyond this he needs to know that he has a right to his good fortune. He wants to be convinced he deserves it and above all that he deserves it in comparison with others. Good fortune, thus wants to be legitimate fortune.”
― Max Weber

tags: fortune, meritocracy, wealth, wealth-creation

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