"You must love the crust of the earth on which you dwell more than the sweet crust of any bread or cake. You must be able to extract nutriment out of a sand-heap. You must have so good an appetite as this, else you will live in vain"

-- Henry David Thoreau

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“The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.”

Source : "Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, Caribbean Poet, Dies at 87". The Paris Review Interview, www.latimes.com. March 17, 2017.
“Every disastrous accident alarms us, and sets us on enquiries concerning the principles whence it arose: Apprehensions spring up with regard to futurity: And the mind, sunk into diffidence, terror, and melancholy, has recourse to every method of appeasing those secret intelligent powers, on whom our fortune is supposed entirely to depend.”
“We do not believe in the notion of God's chosen people. We laugh at this people's fancies and weep over its misdeeds. To act as God's chosen people is not only stupid and arrogant, but a crime against humanity. We call it racism.”
“If a country can only be rich by running a successful race for low wages, I should be disposed to say at once, perish such riches!”
“You have to expect spiritual warfare whenever you stand up for righteousness or call attention to basic values. It's just a matter of light battling the darkness. But the light wins every time. You can't throw enough darkness on light to put it out.”

Source : "A Beacon in the Night". Interview with William F. Jasper, www.thenewamerican.com. December 19, 2008.
“For no mortal ever attains to blessedness. One may be luckier than another when wealth flows his way, but blessed never.”
“Don't settle for mediocrity; never let good enough be good enough.”
“Matte or satin sheen scuffs up very easily. So, unless you have it professionally done, definitely paint shelves or cabinets with something with a higher sheen.”

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