Robert
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“I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen,
And accrue what I hear into myself...and let sounds contribute towards me.”
― Leaves of Grass
And accrue what I hear into myself...and let sounds contribute towards me.”
― Leaves of Grass
“Bravery is never out of fashion”
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“Are we what we do with time, or are we what time does with us?”
― In the Presence of Absence
― In the Presence of Absence
“And then he said, Child. I am afraid. I am old. But not ready. To die.
O, she said, for she was a fool and could not help it, Well, master, dying is a skill learned only in its undertaking.
Undertaking! he laughed. Then he began to cry.”
― The Vaster Wilds
O, she said, for she was a fool and could not help it, Well, master, dying is a skill learned only in its undertaking.
Undertaking! he laughed. Then he began to cry.”
― The Vaster Wilds
“Digitoxin
(sometimes referred to as digitoxin or digitalis)
This widely used heart medication is a cardiac glycoside used in the treatment of atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and congestive heart failure. Found in the lovely purple bells of the foxglove plant and the gorgeous, velvety black wings of the monarch butterfly, digoxin is probably the most beautiful medication there ever was.”
― Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire
(sometimes referred to as digitoxin or digitalis)
This widely used heart medication is a cardiac glycoside used in the treatment of atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and congestive heart failure. Found in the lovely purple bells of the foxglove plant and the gorgeous, velvety black wings of the monarch butterfly, digoxin is probably the most beautiful medication there ever was.”
― Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire
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