Oh to be a pear tree - any tree in bloom! With kissing bees singing of the beginning of the world!
("Their Eyes Were Watching God")
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There is a basin in the mind where words float around on thought and thought on sound and sight. Then there is a depth of thought untouched by words, and deeper still a gulf of formless feelings untouched by thought.
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When the people sat around on the porch and passed around the pictures of their thoughts for the others to look at and see, it was nice. The fact that the thought pictures were always crayon enlargements of life made it even nicer to listen to.
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Her old thoughts were going to come in handy now, but new words would have to be made and said to fit them.
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If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding.
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