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4 quotes by Henry David Thoreau · clear filters

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.

The dear privacy and retirement and solitude which winter makes possible!

My most sacred and memorable life is commonly on awaking in the morning.

Now at least the moon is full, and I walk alone, which is best by night, if not by day always.