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“A man condemn to death, saying or thinking an hour before his death that if he had to live somewhere high up on a cliff side on a ledge so narrow that there was room only for his 2 feet and with eternal darkness, eternal solitude, eternal storm all around him and had to stay like that on a square foot of space an entire lifetime, it would still be better to live so then to die… only to live to live to live.

“The soul is like a wild animal… tough, savy, resilient, self-sufficient, and yet exceedingly shy. If we want to see a wild animal the last thing we should do is go crashing around in the woods, shouting for the creature to come out. But if we are willing to walk quietly in the woods, the creature we are waiting for may emerge and we will catch a glimpse of the precious wildness we see.”

“What a mine they’ve dug there! And they’re making the most of it! Yes, they’re making the most of it! They’ve wept over it and grown used to it. Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel!”

“Why, one thanks some people for being alive at the same time with one; I thank you for having met me, for my being able to remember you all my life!”