History is a great deal closer to poetry than is generally realised: in truth, I think, it is … - A. L. Rowse

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The plants we've chosen will collect and cycle Earth's minerals, water, and air; shade the soil and renew it with leafy mulch; and yield fruits and greens for people and wildlife.

A. L. Rowse

History is a great deal closer to poetry than is generally realised: in truth, I think, it is in essence the same.

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Bound as our lives are to the tyranny of time, it is through what we know of history that we are delivered from our bonds and escape - into time.

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This filthy twentieth century. I hate its guts.

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I would never wound a cat's feelings, no matter how downright aggressive I might be to humans.

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I do not wish to die- There is such contingent beauty in life: The open window on summer mornings Looking out on gardens and green things growing, The shadowy cups of roses flowering to themselves- Images of time and eternity- Silence in the garden and felt along the walls.

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If there is any honor in all the world that I should like, it would be to be an honorary Jewish citizen.

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