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“To rise above treeline is to go above thought, and after, the descent back into bird song, bog orchids, willows, and firs is to sink into the preliterate parts of ourselves.”
Source : Gretel Ehrlich (1992). “Islands, the universe, home”, Penguin Group USA
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“The doubters are always more blessed than the mere fellow travelers in faith. For they are the only ones who fully learn that their Lord is stronger than any doubt and any hell of despair.”
Source : Helmut Thielicke, John W. Doberstein (1966). “Life Can Begin Again: Sermons on the Sermon on the Mount”, p.65, James Clarke & Co.
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“Squeeze your eyes closed, as tight as you can, and think of all your favorite autumns, crisp and perfect, all bound up together like a stack of cards. That is what it is like, the awful, wonderful brightness of Fairy colors. Try to smell the hard, pale wood sending up sharp, green smoke into the afternoon. To feel the mellow, golden sun on your skin, more gentle and cozier and more golden than even the light of your favorite reading nook at the close of the day.”
Source : Catherynne M. Valente (2011). “The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making”, p.130, Macmillan
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“Can any one deny that the old Israelites conceived Jahveh not only in the image of a man, but in that of a changeable, irritable, and, occasionally, violent man?”
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“I was just very interested in the American frontier and the growth of capitalism - those enormous fortunes that were being made, more often than not, on the blood of poor people, black people, Indian people. They were the ones who paid very dearly for those great fortunes.”
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“One of the early signs of sophistication is not giving way to all inclinations but rather sending your emotions to school so they will learn how to behave.”
Source : FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 24, 2016
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“People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy.”
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“World War II had a very important impact on the development of technology, as a whole.”