There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast. Oliver Twist
O how blessed it would be never to marry, or grow old; but to spend one's life innocently and indifferently among the trees and rivers which alone can keep one cool and childlike in the midst of the troubles of the world! To the Lighthouse
I laugh at it today, now that I have had all the good of it. Let the bridge blow up, provided I have got my troops across... Nonetheless, that book was a terrible risk. A transparent leaf separates it from madness. Ulysses
I want death to find me planting my cabbages, but caring little for it, and even less for my imperfect garden. Essays
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