Words like feminism or democracy scare me. They are words with barnacles on them, and you can't see what's underneath.
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In unsettled times like these, when world cultures, countries and religions are facing off in violent confrontations, we could benefit from the reminder that storytelling is common to all civilizations. Whether in the form of a sprawling epic or a pointed ballad, the story is our most ancient method of making sense out of experience and of preserving the past.William Collins
Beloved, till life can charm no more; And mourned, till Pity's self be dead.
William Collins
If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear.
William Collins
The sunlight flashes off your windshield,and when I look up into the small, posted mirror,I watch you diminish--my echo, my twin--and vanish around a curve in this whipof a road we can't help traveling together.
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In numbers warmly pure and sweetly strong.
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With eyes up-rais'd, as one inspir'd, Pale Melancholy sate retir'd, And from her wild sequester'd seat, In notes by distance made more sweet, Pour'd thro' the mellow horn her pensive soul.
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