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“I am not well; I could have built the Pyramids with the effort it takes me to cling on to life and reason.”
― Letters to Felice
― Letters to Felice
“Be consoled in the secret symmetry of your soul.”
― Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
― Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.”
― Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Vol. 3: American Statesmen
― Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Vol. 3: American Statesmen
“Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he’s destroying is this God he’s worshiping.”
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“If you spend enough time reading or writing, you find a voice, but you also find certain tastes. You find certain writers who when they write, it makes your own brain voice like a tuning fork, and you just resonate with them. And when that happens, reading those writers … becomes a source of unbelievable joy. It’s like eating candy for the soul. And I sometimes have a hard time understanding how people who don’t have that in their lives make it through the day.”
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