I had not expected the gentle, tentative surge of gratitude I began to feel...for St. Paul's School, the spring, and the early morning. I needed the morning light and the warbling birds. I needed to find a way to live in this place for a moment and get the good of it. I had tried to hold myself apart, and the aloneness proved more terrible than what I had tried to escape. Lorene Cary
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"I had not expected the gentle, tentative surge of gratitude I began to feel...for St. Paul's School, the spring, and the early morning. I needed the morning light and the warbling birds. I needed to find a way to live in this place for a moment and get the good of it." When we leave home for college or move away from our hometowns, we often think that we need to break ties with our families or neighborhoods.

However, this is not always true. The author beautifully shows how moving away from home brought new emotions and feelings that helped her develop new personality traits. She also shows how even when she was lonely she still found ways to be happy - by appreciating the beauty around her, by listening to the birds sing, and by enjoying the new spring weather.

Source: Black Ice

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