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Mr. Kipling, with all his merits, is the globe-trotter; he has not the patience to become part of anything.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton • Heretics
Quand au soir de sa vie Muir raconte son enfance avec gourmandise, on imagine sa plume gambader, son œil bleu étinceler de malice au moment d’écrire tel ou tel souvenir, et un sourire affleurer dans sa barbe, abondante, mais qui ne savait guère dissimuler ses émotions, ses états d’esprit, cette lucidité amusée qu’il mettait en toutes choses. Il en
... See moreAlexis Jenni • J'aurais pu devenir millionnaire, j'ai choisi d'être vagabond (French Edition)
There are good ships and wood ships, and ships that sail the sea,
but the best ships are friendships,
and may they always be.
~ Irish Proverb Lubec, Maine
In him the animal man chiefly was developed. In physical endurance and contentment he was cousin to the pine and the rock. I asked him once if he was
Henry David Thoreau • Walden (Illustrated)
he was, as Gujaratis say, ghar-no maanas: a man from home, a kinsman. He could be trusted.
Minal Hajratwala • Leaving India: My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents
‘Give a woman an old wife’s tale and a weaver-bird a leaf and a thread, they will weave wonderful things,’ said the Sikh.