O lands! O all so dear to me — what you are, I become part of that, whatever it is. – Walt Whitman
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes). – Walt Whitman
Seasons pursuing each other the indescribable crowd is gathered, it is the fourth of Seventh-month, (what salutes of cannon and small arms!) – Walt Whitman
I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of young men, I dance with the dancers and drink with the drinkers. – Walt Whitman
Press close bare-bosomed night — press close magnetic nourishing night! Night of south winds! night of the large few stars! Still nodding night! mad naked summer night. – Walt Whitman
Every moment of light and dark is a miracle. – Walt Whitman
When I heard the learn – Walt Whitman
The female that loves unrequited sleeps, And the male that loves unrequited sleeps, The head of the money-maker that plotted all day sleeps, And the enraged and treacherous dispositions, all, all sleep. – Walt Whitman
In the broad earth of ours, Amid the measureless grossness and the slag, Enclosed and safe within its central heart, Nestles the seed perfection. – Walt Whitman
I see great things in baseball. Its our game – the American game. – Walt Whitman
I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I dont believe I deserved my friends. – Walt Whitman
The real war will never get in the books. – Walt Whitman
Whatever satisfies the soul is truth. – Walt Whitman
Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely. – Walt Whitman
I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep. – Walt Whitman
Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all. – Walt Whitman
He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. – Walt Whitman
And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud. – Walt Whitman
We convince by our presence. – Walt Whitman
Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy. – Walt Whitman
