"The dreariest spot in all the land to Death they set apart; with scanty grace from Nature's hand, and none from that of Art."

-- John Greenleaf Whittier

#Death Quotes #Art Quotes #Hands Quotes

“Both me and my wife's extended family all live within a 50-mile radius. Like me, a lot of them did time in London then started drifting back to the countryside and the sea. Perhaps it's a homing instinct.”
“In America the most widespread type of forest is the evergreen coniferous woodland of the north.”

Source : Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.40, VM eBooks
“So the reason that the Bay of Pigs failed was that the original promise made by Eisenhower was not kept by the subsequent Administration. It allowed hostile air to wipe out the approaching invasion force.”
“I hear the birds singing. Listen. I hear them in their cage. The others-all our kind who know of her-they think of her as heartless, but she wasn't heartless. She was only aware of things which I didn't learn till so many decades had passed. She knew secrets that only suffering can teach...”
“I like to encourage people who are entrepreneurs-in-waiting.”
“A left turn in the fate of Russia is as necessary as it is inevitable.”
“I believe we have a profound fundamental need for areas of the earth where we stand without our mechanisms that make us immediate masters over our environment.”

Source : Howard Zahniser, Ed Zahniser, George D. Davis, Paul Schaefer, Douglas W. Scott (1992). “Where Wilderness Preservation Began: Adirondack Writings of Howard Zahniser”, North Country Books Incorporated
“My age now, like my age 20 years ago, marks the year in which I was born. That's all.”

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