Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk, wrote that nothing can be expressed about solitude "that has not already been said better by the wind in the pine trees.
If it's ka it'll come like a wind, and your plans will stand before it no more than a barn before a cyclone
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Stephen King
Pain is a pesky part of being human, I've learned it feels like a stab wound to the heart, something I wish we could all do without, in our lives here. Pain is a sudden hurt that can't be escaped. But then I have also...
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C. Joybell C.
Never forget:we walk on hell, gazing at flowers.
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Kobayashi Issa
A sailor chooses the wind that takes the ship from a safe port. Ah, yes, but once you're abroad, as you have seen, winds have a mind of their own. Be careful, Charlotte, careful of the wind you choose.
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Avi
The language of God is color because, it's the only thing that everyone understands. And even if you're blind to the world you can still hear the color in everything. If you don't believe me, close your eyes and listen to the wind and feel...
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Anthony T.Hincks
He pilfered a copy of Ulysses, but it was possibly the one book he did not finish. 'What's the point of it? I suspect it was a bit of a joke by Joyce. He just kept his mouth shut as people read into it more...
Knight's disdain for Thoreau was bottomless - 'he had no deep insight into nature'...
The only book Knight didn't steal was the one he most often saw. 'I had no need for a Bible, ' he said.
With his release imminent, Knight seems more unsettled than ever. He scratches furiously at his knees. Jail, he's realized, might not be all bad. There's routine and order in jail, and he's able to click into a survival mode that is not too dissimilar, in...
