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“or of oats (“ a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people”),”
― Simon Winchester, The Professor and the Madman

“The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion, all in one.”
― John Ruskin, Modern Painters: Volume 3. Of Many Things

“Today’s veterans often come home to find that, although they’re willing to die for their country, they’re not sure how to live for it.”
― Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging

“Contempt is one of four behaviors that, statistically, can predict divorce in married couples.”
― Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging