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“Mr. Johnson's character was not much more exceptional than his double chin.”
― George Eliot, Felix Holt: The Radical

“To walk in the woods and not recognize the songs [of the birds] is to not hear them. To not think of the birds' uniquely beautiful and artfully concealed nests is to have the woods seem empty. Most of us are like sleepwalkers here, because we notice so little.”
― Bernd Heinrich, A Year in the Maine Woods

“The newspaper, delivered daily to my mailbox, is a convenience I need to help start my fire in the morning. Not wanting to waste anything, I sometimes even read it.”
― Bernd Heinrich, A Year in the Maine Woods

“Treby Manor, measured from the front saloon to the remotest shed, was as large as a moderate-sized village, and there were certainly more lights burning in it every evening, more wine, spirits, and ale drunk, more waste and more folly, than could be found in some large villages.”
― George Eliot, Felix Holt, The Radical