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- O Winter! ruler of the inverted year, . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb'd Retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know.
- William Cowper (1731 - 1800), Task (bk. IV, l. 120)
- There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons-- That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes--
- Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), No. 258
- You think Nature is some Disney movie? Nature is a killer. Nature is a bitch. It's feeding time out there 24 hours a day, every step that you take is a gamble with death. If it isn't getting hit with lightning today, it's an earthquake tomorrow or some deer tick carrying Lime disease. Either way, you're ending up on the wrong end of the food chain.
- Jeff Melvoin, Northern Exposure, Bolt from the Blue, 1994
- Who would've thought such a slight tilt in our earthly axis could make such a big difference in our lives? The big wheel keeps on turning and here we are again, looking in the sweet face of darkness.
- Geoffrey Neighor, Northern Exposure, Midnight Sun, 1992
- Real meaningful endeavours, the biggies in human existence, often require the sacrifice of others.
- Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Northern Lights, 1993
- Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace!
Where there is hatred let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy. - Saint Francis of Assisi (1181 - 1226), "Prayer of St Francis" (attributed)
- Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864)
- Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.
- Carlos Santana, Associated Press interview, September 1, 2004
- Plato is boring.
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), Twilight of the Idols, What I owe to the Ancients
- Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man's?
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), Twilight of the Idols, Maxims and Arrows
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