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“Animals were both the lives I took care of and the lives who took care of me.”

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This work is a deeply introspective narrative that delves into the author's life, intertwining personal anecdotes with reflections on the significance of facial features and their impact on self-image and social perception. more

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Lucy Grealy

Lucy Grealy was an American poet known for her unique writing style and profound reflections on life experiences. Her work often focuses on personal experiences, particularly her struggle with cancer and themes of body image and identity. more

“There were too many lemmings - that was the core of their difficulty. None wanted solitude, but a crowd of this size was a torment. Being sensitive little beasts, they became overstimulated by superfluous numbers of their own kind. They had tried to escape, but with pitiable irony, all tried to escape together.”

Kind Littles Wanted Together Numbers Solitude Difficulty Size Crowds Core Irony Sensitive Beast Torment Superfluous Lemmings

Author:Sally Carrighar

“human names for natural things are superfluous. Nature herself does not name them. The important thing is to know this flower, look at its color until the blueness becomes as real as a keynote of music.”

Knows Humans Looks Doe Important Real Names Nature Natural Color Flower Important Things Superfluous Natural Things

Book:Home to the wilderness: a personal journey

Source: Home to the wilderness: a personal journey

“You see I am an enthusiast on the subject of the arts. But it is an enthusiasm of which I am not ashamed, as its object is to improve the taste of my countrymen, to increase their reputation, to reconcile to them the respect of the world, and procure them its praise.”

World Art Subjects Objects Taste Increase Praise Reputation Enthusiasm Ashamed Reconcile Countrymen

Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private : published by the order of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, from the original manuscripts, deposited in the Department of State

Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private : published by the order of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, from the original manuscripts, deposited in the Department of State

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