Thoreau

[sickofpixie]

"Moreover, if you are restricted in your range by poverty, if you cannot buy books and newspapers, for instance, you are but confined to the most significant and vital experiences; you are compelled to deal with the material which yields the most sugar and the most starch. It is life near the bone where it is sweetest. You are defended from being

Comments

[childoftheabyss]

"simplify, simplify"

struggle gets really tiresome, though.

[sickofpixie]

true. I'd like to believe everything Thoreau says, but it is all idealistic and overly simple. :-/