"Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are."

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Source : Gretel Ehrlich (1986). “The Solace of Open Spaces”, Penguin Group USA

Gretel Ehrlich

“I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.”

Source : Hilaire Belloc (1942). “Places”
“I'm sure there was some part of his soul was intrinsically happy, but he probably had to go through some permutations to really get that to blossom. I'm sure Dad had his challenges, but I think that joy was there from the beginning and he had to find a way to make his life support that and express that.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The truth is a rabbit in a bramble patch. All you can do is circle around and say it's somewhere in there.”
“Well, any time you do anything good, it's man versus himself, right? That's the art, the challenge.”
“It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely.”
“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.”
“Besides Germany, the only countries that don't have speed limits are places like Nepal, where road conditions are so bad that a limit would be beside the point. In other words, it's a little crazy that this is even a topic for debate in Germany.”
“The language is spare and under control and has a genuine immediacy...The poems never preach but are lined out with a cool and therefore devastating effect”

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