"The smallest pebble in the well of truth has its peculiar meaning, and will stand when man's best monuments have passed away."

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Source : Nathaniel Parker Willis (1850). “The poetical works of N.P. Willis”, p.161

Nathaniel Parker Willis

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“Our impulses are our birthright. To alter personality would be unjust, almost criminal, for the impulses that make a fool or worse of us in certain circumstances may be necessary for our happiness.”
“It is not a character fault or weakness or seeking attention. It is somebody who is ill.”
“When a putter is waiting his turn to hole out a putt of one or two feet in length, on which the match hangs at the last hole, it is of vital importance that he think of nothing. At this supreme moment he ought to fill his mind with vacancy. He must not even allow himself the consolation of religion.”
“I think I was only divorced once, and the rest were annulments. Or, maybe not. I can't keep track actually, because it's not that important. I just am who I am.”
“Why is the word yes so brief? it should be the longest, the hardest, so that you could not decide in an instant to say it, so that upon reflection you could stop in the middle of saying it.”

Source : Vera Pavlova, “Why is the word YES so brief?”
“I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning.”
“Every vampire fiction reinvents vampires to its own needs. You take what you want.”
“Coral reefs are the backbone for the entire ocean. They are the nursery for the ocean. About a quarter of all marine life in the ocean spends part of its lifecycle on a coral reef. And there are about a billion or so people that depend on coral reefs for fish for their food, for protein.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

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