All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered.

Kenneth Grahame
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The story goes that William Wordsworth, the English Romantic poet, was walking along the road one morning when he saw a passing flock of sheep. This is what he said: "This was all / That I beheld, for one moment breathless and intense, / Vivid upon the morning sky; and still, as I look'd, / I lived; and still, as I live, it seemed / To me that all was not Finished." This statement captures how Wordsworth felt about life. He lived every day to the fullest, but he also knew it wasn't over. He felt that there was so much more to see and experience before he died.

Source: The Wind In The Willows

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