“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
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“As I age in the world it will rise and spread,
and be for this place horizon
and orison, the voice of its winds.
I have made myself a dream to dream
of its rising, that has gentled my nights.
Let me desire and wish well the life
these trees may live when I
no longer rise in the mornings
to be pleased with the green of them
shining, and their shadows on the ground,
and the sound of the wind in them.”
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and be for this place horizon
and orison, the voice of its winds.
I have made myself a dream to dream
of its rising, that has gentled my nights.
Let me desire and wish well the life
these trees may live when I
no longer rise in the mornings
to be pleased with the green of them
shining, and their shadows on the ground,
and the sound of the wind in them.”
―
“If you can read and have more imagination than a doorknob, what need do you have for a 'movie version' of a novel?”
― What Matters?: Economics for a Renewed Commonwealth
― What Matters?: Economics for a Renewed Commonwealth
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