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Special qualities are required of the essayist. A poem or a novel may spring from the inner consciousness of an author.. reasoning powers must be brought to reinforce imagination.

— Flora Thompson

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Unlike most great talkers, the rooks are good workers, too.

Nature knows no calendar, the seasons move in a circle.

Any artwork needs time and patience and needs above all a quiet mind.

We cannot bring the good old days back but, if we must eat mass-made foods, get laws passed to insist upon its goodness and purity.

It was ordained that our earthly pilgrammage should be a struggle, and life would be a tame affair if everything went smoothly.

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