"Solitude bears the same relation to the mind that sleep does to the body. It affords it the necessary opportunities for repose and recovery."

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Source : William Gilmore Simms (1853). “Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside”, p.28

William Gilmore Simms

#Recovery Quotes #Sleep Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“You have to go charging ahead, you can't stay behind.”
“The bottom string is tuned to an open G.”
“A place is only as good as the people in it.”

Source : "Fictional character: John Smith". "I Am Number Four", 2011.
“I am starting to talk fast now, and I have to remember to slow down because when I get excited, I start to sound like myself and my American accent goes away.”
“We live with our archetypes, but can we live in them?”

Source : Poul Anderson (2003). “Going For Infinity: A Literary Journey”, p.655, Macmillan
“When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.”
“We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes.”
“You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.”

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