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There's precious little comes of telling people what they don't want to hear.


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But one had to go back to the beginning of things, always. Trace the thread of life - find the knot - untangle it.

But one had to go back to the beginning of things, always. Trace the thread of life - find the knot - untangle it.



The lush green of the fields became a rich gold that swayed sturdily under the wind and fell at last before the hands of the reapers.

The lush green of the fields became a rich gold that swayed sturdily under the wind and fell at last before the hands of the reapers.



it was a sly trick of God's to give a man work to do - it kept him from asking questions that God couldn't answer.

it was a sly trick of God's to give a man work to do - it kept him from asking questions that God couldn't answer.



I don't see as it matters much how well you mean if it's harm you're doin'.

I don't see as it matters much how well you mean if it's harm you're doin'.



By mid-morning a rain as fine as silk spills was weaving over the lake.

By mid-morning a rain as fine as silk spills was weaving over the lake.



A false vision was better than none.

A false vision was better than none.



Ah, life, life, how madly, how cruelly it raced along your pulses!

Ah, life, life, how madly, how cruelly it raced along your pulses!



There was nothing so real on the prairie as winter, nothing so memorable.

There was nothing so real on the prairie as winter, nothing so memorable.



There is too much doing - too little being! When we begin to get strenuous, life begins to grow intolerable.

There is too much doing - too little being! When we begin to get strenuous, life begins to grow intolerable.



Time, designing slowly, swiftly; Time, destroying slowly, swiftly; Time holding, possessing the earth in its tender indifference.

Time, designing slowly, swiftly; Time, destroying slowly, swiftly; Time holding, possessing the earth in its tender indifference.





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