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Thoreau
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Yet I experienced sometimes that the most sweet and tender, the most innocent and encouraging society may be found in any natural object, even for the poor misanthrope and most melancholy man. There can be no very black melancholy to him who lives in the midst of Nature and has his senses still. There was never yet such a storm but it was Æolian music to a healthy and innocent ear. Nothing can rightly compel a simple and brave man to a vulgar sadness. While I enjoy the friendship of the seasons
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― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
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Thoreau loved ants. He'd meet one in the morning and spend the whole day talking to him.
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― The Monster Loves His Labyrinth
― The Monster Loves His Labyrinth
