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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

A healthy man, indeed, is the complement of the seasons, and in winter, summer is in his heart. - Thoreau

My body was the organ and channel of melody, as a flute is of the music that is breathed through it. - Thoreau

Every sound is music now. - Thoreau

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. - Thoreau

It takes two to speak the truth—one to speak, and another to hear. - Thoreau

When a shadow flits across the landscape of the soul where is the substance? - Thoreau

if everyone lived simply, thieving and robbery would be unknown. - Thoreau

We have the St. Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent. - Thoreau