“It would seem that emotions are the curse, not death-emotions that appear to have developed upon a few freaks as a special curse from Malevolence. All right then. It is our emotions that are amiss. We are freaks, the world is fine, and let us all go have lobotomies to restore us to a natural state. We can leave the library then, go back to the creek lobotomized, and live on its banks as untroubled as any muskrat or reed. You first.” WorldFirstsStatesSeemsNaturalEmotionSpecialFineLibraryCurseFreakReedsCreeksMalevolenceLobotomyMuskrats Book:The Annie Dillard reader Source: The Annie Dillard reader
“Courage~ What makes the flag on the mast to wave? What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot?~Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz” WonderHotWaveCome UpDawnLionsFlagsElephantsThunderWizardsMistApesCowardlyDuskMistyScarecrowMastsSphinxMuskWizard Of Oz WizardWonderful Wizard Of OzApricotsCoward And CourageTin ManMuskrats Author:L. Frank Baum