“Instead of recommending cleanliness to the poor, we should encourage contrary habits. In our towns we should make the streets narrower, crowd more people into the houses, and court the return of the plague.” PeopleShouldHousePoorStreetsReturnHabitTownsCourtCrowdsContraryPlagueCleanlinessOur Town Book:An Essay on the Principle of Population Source: An Essay on the Principle of Population
“Earth does not understand her child, Who from the loud gregarious town Returns, depleted and defiled, To the still woods, to fling him down.” ChildrenDoeStillsEarthReturnTownsWoodsLoudRetreatFlingGregarious Book:Wine from these grapes Source: Wine from these grapes
“I kept writing short stories and sending out my manuscript, and it kept coming back like a bad penny. It was rejected all over town, quite often in very complimentary terms, but rejected nonetheless. Agents would return it saying that they loved it but didn't think they could sell it, or they would ask if I could change the collection into linked stories.” IfsThinkingWritingStoriesAsksTermReturnTownsSellsAgentsIf I CouldCollectionsShort StoryRejectedLinkedComing BackPenniesManuscriptsWriting ShortWriting Short Stories Author:Debra Dean
“I had daydreams and fantasies when I was growing up. I always wanted to live in a log cabin at the foot of a mountain. I would ride my horse to town and pick up provisions. Then return to the cabin, with a big open fire, a record player and peace.” BigsWantedFantasyGrowing UpRecordsFireGrowingPlayerFeetReturnMountainPicksHorseTownsProvisionDaydreamingCabinsChildhood DreamsLog CabinsRecord Players Author:Linda McCartney
“Well, I started out down a dirty road Started out all alone And the sun went down as I crossed the hill And the town lit up, the world got still I'm learning to fly but I ain't got wings Coming down is the hardest thing Well, the good ol' days may not return And the rocks might melt and the sea may burn I'm learning to fly but I ain't got wings Coming down is the hardest thing Well, some say life will beat you down Break your heart, steal your crown So I've started out for God knows where I guess I'll know when I get there I'm learning to fly around the clouds But what goes up must come down” KnowsWorldWellsHeartMayStillsMightBreakSunSeaRocksReturnBeatsTownsWingsCloudsStealingHardestHillsDirtyCrownsHardest ThingLitGod KnowsAll AloneBreak Your HeartGood Ol Days Author:Tom Petty
“There is a great good in returning to a landscape that has had extraordinary meaning in one's life. It happens that we return to such places in our minds irresistibly. There are certain villages and towns, mountains and plains that, having seen them walked in them lived in them even for a day, we keep forever in the mind's eye. They become indispensable to our well-being; they define us, and we say, I am who I am because I have been there, or there.” MindWellsHas BeensHappensEyeRememberCertainMemoriesForeverReturnBecomingMountainTravelTownsExtraordinaryWho I AmWell BeingLandscapeNovelistsVillageIndispensableDefiningIrresistibleEssayistsI Am Who I Am Author:N. Scott Momaday
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