A son is a mirror in which the father sees himself reflected, and the father is a mirror in which the son sees himself as he will be in the future. Stages on Life's Way
He put on a little knapsack and he walked through Indiana and Kentucky and North Carolina and Georgia clear to Florida. He walked among farmers and mountain people, among swamp people and fishermen. And everywhere people asked him why he was walking through the country. Because he loved true things he tried to explain. Cannery Row
If I seem happy to you . . . You could never say anything that would please me more. For men are made for happiness, and anyone who is completely happy has a right to say to himself, 'I am doing God's will on earth.' All the righteous, all the saints, all the holy martyrs were happy. The Karamazov Brothers
No waves of native grain ever stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast of North America. Guns, Germs And Steel
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