"A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he."

-- Walt Whitman

#Nature Quotes #Children Quotes #Hands Quotes

“Superstition would seem to be simply cowardice in regard to the supernatural.”

Source : Theophrastus (1870). “Θεοφραστου Χαρακτηρες”, p.163
“The B.C. spirit bear symbolizes the essence of the spirit of British Columbia. It is a powerful presence and a thing of wonder that lives in a magical land of beauty, grace and unbridled potential.”
“Shyâ€ was the sympathetic interpretation she got from older people. â€œSnottyâ€ was the interpretation she got from people her own age.”
“One should never say never.”
“Man, if anybody knew the path that we've been on, no one in their right mind would ever try to duplicate it. That's something Nashville always tries to do, though. If something is successful, they try to repeat it by telling other people, "Hey, do what that guy did." I just don't think it works that way. The first one who gest there, the one that cuts the path ... it's always the roughest path but I think it's got the most reward at the end.”
“Rather than concede to the state of Missouri for one single instant the right to dictate to my government in any matter however unimportant, I would see you, and you, and you, and you, and every man, woman and child in the state, dead and buried. This means war.”
“I myself often feel that I have a tail in my pants. And I can see that many people do it as well, I am sure some of them simply wrap it around themselves.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I believe that we are all, openly or secretly, struggling against one or another kind of nihilism.”

Source : Ellen Willis (2011). “Out of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock Music”, p.65, U of Minnesota Press

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