"Not on the outer world For inward joy depend; Enjoy the luxury of thought, Make thine own self friend; Not with the restless throng, In search of solace roam But with an independent zeal Be intimate at home."

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Source : Lydia Howard Sigourney (1860). “Gleanings”, p.208

Lydia Sigourney

#Home Quotes #Independent Quotes #Self Quotes

“What art should be about,' they will say, 'is revealing exquisite and resonant truths about the human condition.' Well, to be honest - no, it shouldnâ€™t. I mean, it can occasionally, if it wants to; but really, how many penetrating insights to human nature do you need in one lifetime? Two? Three? Once youâ€™ve realised that no one else has a clue what theyâ€™re doing, either, and that love can be totally pointless, any further insights into human nature just start getting depressing really.”
“It's necessary to use suffering. Otherwise, one is used by it.”
“It is a good plan to have a book with you in all places and at all times. If you are presently without, hurry without delay to the nearest shop and buy one of mine.”
“What I saw was more than I could stand. The noise I heard had been made by Little Ann. All her life she had slept by Old Dan's side. And although he was dead, she had left the doghouse, had come back to the porch, and snuggled up by his side.”

Source : Wilson Rawls (2011). “Where the Red Fern Grows”, p.234, Laurel Leaf
“It was true what Jim said, this wasnâ€™t the end but the beginning. But the wars would end one day and Jim would come then, to the island they would share. One day surely the wars would end, and Jim would come home, if only to lie broken in MacMurroughâ€™s arms, he would come to his island home. And MacMurrough would have it built for him, brick by brick, washed by the rain and the reckless sea. In the living stream theyâ€™d swim a season. For maybe it was true that no man is an island: but he believed that two very well might be.”
“If you have to learn it from a self-help book, you may be beyond help.”
“I send out thoughts of love and peace and healing to the whole universe: to all trees and plants and growing things, to all beasts and birds and fishes, and to every man, woman and child on earth, without any distinction.”
“The Tea Partiers don't want all regulations eliminated. They just want laws that can be understood and regulations that aren't going to destroy businesses, or leave deserving veterans without a source for a mortgage loan.”

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