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“They were convalescing slowly and lay scrawny and weak in their bed. While they had been unconscious, the world had changed. The Yankees had come, the darkies had gone and Mother had died.”
― Gone with the Wind
― Gone with the Wind
“As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche. I'll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can".”
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“Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.”
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“The mountains are calling and I must go.”
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“The world, we are told, was made especially for man — a presumption not supported by all the facts.”
― A Thousand-Mile Walk To The Gulf: The American Naturalist's 1867 Journey Through the Post-War South
― A Thousand-Mile Walk To The Gulf: The American Naturalist's 1867 Journey Through the Post-War South
Peter’s 2025 Year in Books
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