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The world lies before you, a lavish garden. However hobbled by waste, however fouled by graft and tainted by deception, it will always take your breath away.
I do think this is very true, just one of the many lovely insights about nature in the book.
“What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?”
― The Warden
― The Warden
“The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.”
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“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
― Work: A Story of Experience
― Work: A Story of Experience
“Laura felt a warmth inside her. It was very small, but it was strong. It was steady, like a tiny light in the dark, and it burned very low but no winds could make it flicker because it would not give up.”
― The Long Winter
― The Long Winter
“And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
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