Quote by Walt Whitman
There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius. – Walt Whitman

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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

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The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. – Walt Whitman

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If you do not raise your eyes you will think that you are the highest point. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Sometimes the littlest inquiries produce the biggest results. – Terri Guillemets

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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. – Mexican Proverb

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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason. – John Henry Cardinal Newman

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