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My life is like a stroll upon the beach. - Thoreau

Why should I feel lonely? Is not our planet in the Milky Way?” - Thoreau

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. - Thoreau

We communicate like the burrows of foxes, in silence and darkness, under ground. We are undermined by faith and love. - Thoreau

A man sits as many risks as he runs. - Thoreau

We are as much as we see. Faith is sight and knowledge. The hands only serve the eyes.” - Thoreau

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

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. - Thoreau

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest. - Thoreau

Men go back to the mountains, as they go back to sailing ships at sea, because in the mountains and on the sea they must face up - Thoreau