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    raspberry drupelets cluster around a cavern of emptiness
    (paraphrased from her talk on C Span's Book TV).

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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.rn

Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.rn

by Unknown Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.

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Winter is nature's way of saying, "Up yours.".

Winter is nature's way of saying, "Up yours.".

by Robert Byrne Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a read more

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will read more

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the read more

Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail; and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me - I am happy.

by Hamlin Garland Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

by William Cowper Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, read more

Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.

by Thomas Hobbes Found in: Nature Quotes,
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The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder of all is read more

The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of nature.

by George Dana Boardman Found in: Nature Quotes,
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