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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“To tell the story, Madenn reasoned, was to harness its power.”
― What Should Be Wild
― What Should Be Wild
“Although, I admit, I desire,
Occasionally, some backtalk
From the mute sky, I can't honestly complain:
A certain minor light may still
Lean incandescent
Out of kitchen table or chair
As if a celestial burning took
Possession of the most obtuse objects now and then -- ”
― The Collected Poems
Occasionally, some backtalk
From the mute sky, I can't honestly complain:
A certain minor light may still
Lean incandescent
Out of kitchen table or chair
As if a celestial burning took
Possession of the most obtuse objects now and then -- ”
― The Collected Poems
“Better prepare for a new journey than contemplate the meaning of the one I had just taken,”
― What Should Be Wild
― What Should Be Wild
“I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no ‘brief candle’ to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it over to future generations.”
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Grinnell [PLANS] Book Recommendations
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