“What pillow can one have like a good conscience?”
― Tortilla Flat
― Tortilla Flat
“Google’s no substitute for knowing things.”
― The Short Drop
― The Short Drop
“Time was the great leveler, and neither money nor power held sway over its relentless march.”
― The Short Drop
― The Short Drop
“I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.”
― Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
― Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
“The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.”
― Walden
― Walden
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