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“The woods decay, the woods decay and fall.”

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Alfred Lord Tennyson was a prominent British Romantic poet known for his poetry that depicted nature, love, and heroism. His works, including 'In Memoriam A.H.H.' and 'Ulysses', are celebrated for their beauty and depth of emotion. more

“Golden retrievers are not bred to be guard dogs, and considering the size of their hearts and their irrepressible joy in life, they are less likely to bite than to bark, less likely to bark than to lick a hand in greeting. In spite of their size, they think they are lap dogs, and in spite of being dogs, they think they are also human, and nearly every human they meet is judged to have the potential to be a boon companion who might, at many moment, cry, "Let's go!" and lead them on a great adventure.”

Source: The Darkest Evening of the Year: A Novel

“The light of truth burns without a flicker in the depths of a house that is shaken with storms of passion and fear.”

Wisdom Light Passion House Depth Storm Flicker

Book:A Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk's True Life, The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 3: 1952-1960

Source: A Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk's True Life, The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 3: 1952-1960

“How happy is the little stone That rambles in the road alone, And doesn't care about careers, And exigencies never fears; Whose coat of elemental brown A passing universe put on; And independent as the sun, Associates or glows alone, Fulfilling absolute decree In casual simplicity.”

Source: The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson

“We are the change we have been waiting for.”

Has Beens Waiting Change Carpe Diem Carpe

Author:Barack Obama

“Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.”

“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”

“We Americans are interested only in the consumption of our products. We have no interest in how they are produced, or what happens to them once we discard them, once we throw them away.”

Happens Interest Products Activism Consumption

Author:Matthew Tobin Anderson

“Ideas and not battles mark the forward progress of mankind.”

Ideas Progress Mankind Battle Mark Forward Progress

Author:L. Ron Hubbard

“Things men have made with wakened hands, and put soft life into are awake through years with transferred touch, and go on glowing for long years. And for this reason, some old things are lovely warm still with the life of forgotten men who made them.”

Men Years Long Made Stills Reason Hands Goes On Forgotten Warm Lovely Awake Glowing Through The Years Old Things

Book:Complete Poems by Lawrence: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition

Source: Complete Poems by Lawrence: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition

“I have always felt that violence was the last refuge of the incompetent, and empty threats the last sanctuary of the terminally inept.”

Lasts Felt Violence Empty Threat Refuge Sanctuary Incompetent

Author:Neil Gaiman

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