"It is a fine thing to be out on the hills alone. A man can hardly be a beast or a fool alone on a great mountain."

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Source : W. Plomer (ed.) 'Selections from the Diary of the Rev. Francis Kilvert' (1938-40) 29 May 1871

Francis Kilvert

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“I know if someone is coming from my right side. I could feel it.”

Source : Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. August 2, 2002.
“Peace to these little broken leaves, That strew our common ground; That chase their tails, like silly dogs, As they go round and round. For though in winter boughs are bare, Let us not once forget Their summer glory, when these leaves Caught the great Sun in their strong net; And made him, in the lower air, Tremble - no bigger than a star!”
“Washington, in fact, had very little private life, but was eminently a public character.”
“Wherever you are - be all there.”

Source : Student Commencement Speech by Allie Simmons, news.furman.edu. May 10, 2014.
“You turn the light on, you get all kinds of bugs.”
“Black jurors sit on juries every day and convict black people every day.”
“After all, when a stone is dropped into a pond, the water continues quivering even after the stone has sunk to the bottom.”

Source : "Memoirs of a Geisha". Book by Arthur Golden, September 27, 1997.
“We should know what our convictions are, and stand for them. Upon one's own philosophy, conscious or unconscious, depends one's ultimate interpretation of facts. Therefore it is wise to be as clear as possible about one's subjective principles. As the man is, so will be his ultimate truth.”

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