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“Life is as inexorable as the sea.”

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This book compiles a selection of romantic narratives and scholarly pieces that delve into the complexities and nuances of love, relationships, and human emotions. more

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Thomas Wentworth Higginson was an American author, editor, and social activist known for his advocacy of women's rights, abolitionism, and socialism. His works spanned poetry, novels, essays, and criticism, with his most famous work being the autobiographical novel 'My Life and Times'. Higginson's writing style was influenced by both Romanticism and Realism. more

“I am often accused of being childish. I prefer to interpret that as child-like. I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things. I tend to exaggerate and fantasize and embellish. I still listen to instinctual urges. I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind. I never water my garden without soaking myself. It has been after such times of joy that I have achieved my greatest creativity and produced my best work.”

“I'd like to know about some of the things that they teach down there, like building a lake. If I ever wanted to build a lake, I'd like to know how to do it.”

Ifs Knows Wanted Teach Know How Building Lakes

Author:Tom Felton

“Nature wants us to enjoy life to the full and die without giving it a second thought; Christianity wants the opposite.”

Want Giving Religion Dies Enjoy Christianity Opposites Enjoy Life Want U Second Thoughts

Author:Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

“The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism, but February.... Spring is too far away to comfort even by anticipation, and winter long ago lost the charm of novelty. This is the very three a.m. of the calendar.”

Long Three Lost Serious Comfort Spring England Winter Charm Far Away Anticipation Long Ago Novelty Calendars February New England Puritanism

Author:Joseph Wood Krutch

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