"We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us."

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Henry David Thoreau

#Environmental Quotes #Railroads Quotes

“I think every record, good or bad, is a representation of us.”

Source : "Belle and Sebastian". Interview with Gretta Cohn, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2006.
“donâ€™t believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and nations would have re- belled long ago! Thereâ€™s a destructive urge in people, the urge to rage, murder and kill. And until all of humanity, without exception, undergoes a metamorphosis, wars will continue to be waged, and everything that has been carefully built up, cultivated and grown will be cut down and destroyed, only to start allover again!”
“This was something sure to be crammed full of warm secrets, like an antique clock built when peace filled the world.”
“One must distance oneself from the idea of strict realism. It seems to me that real nature doesn't exist anymore, this idea of "the wild." This is why I love parks, and why I chose to use them in my work - they are beyond nature. I see nature as a resource.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us, which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world.”
“Every ten years there is a new generation of actors.”
“Rest easy, real mothers. The very fact that you worry about being a good mom means that you already are one.”

Source : Jodi Picoult (2010). “House Rules: A Novel”, p.179, Simon and Schuster
“The true remedy for most evils is none other than liberty, unlimited and complete liberty, liberty in every field of human endeavor.”

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