I accept Time absolutely. It alone is without flaw, It alone rounds and completes all, That mystic baffling wonder. -- Walt Whitman

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Long enough have you dream’d contemptible dreams, Now I wash the gum from your eyes, You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life. -- Walt Whitman

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Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you? -- Walt Whitman

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Resist much, obey little. -- Walt Whitman

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A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe. ― Madeleine L'Engle

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These are really the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me. -- Walt Whitman

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Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

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I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. -- Walt Whitman

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Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes. -- Walt Whitman

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Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won. -- Walt Whitman

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