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“A fact bobbed up from my memory, that the ancient Egyptians prescribed walking through a garden as a cure for the mad. It was a mind-altering drug we took daily.”

Quote by Paul Fleischman

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Paul Fleischman
Paul Fleischman

Paul Fleischman is an American writer renowned for his works in children's literature. His books are celebrated for their rich imagination and emotional depth, making them highly popular among readers. more

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“The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. Without the sense of kinship with men of like mind, without the occupation with the objective world, the eternally unattainable in the field of art and scientific endeavors, life would have seemed to the empty. The trite objects of human efforts — possessions, outward success, luxury—have always seemed to me contemptible.”

“When I saw you I fell in love. And you smiled because you knew.”