“There are certain half-dreaming moods of mind in which we naturally steal away from noise and glare, and seek some quiet haunt where we may indulge our reveries and build our air castles undisturbed.”
― The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
― The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
“A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.”
― Rip Van Winkle
― Rip Van Winkle
“There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.”
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“Some minds corrode and grow inactive under the loss of personal liberty; others grow morbid and irritable; but it is the nature of the poet to become tender and imaginitive in the loneliness of confinement. He banquets upon the honey of his own thoughts, and, like the captive bird, pours forth his soul in melody.”
― The Sketch Book
― The Sketch Book
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