Walt Whitman on happiness
“Happiness, not in another place but this place, not for another hour, but this hour.”
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I accept reality and dare not question it.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman I exist as I am, that is enough.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves, As souls only understand souls.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman To have great poets, there must be great audiences.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman I see great things in baseball. It’s our game – the American game.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up to his impossible standards.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Nothing endures but personal qualities.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman I keep thinking about you every few minutes all day.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Touch me, touch the palm of your hand to my body as I pass, Be not afraid of my body.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Do anything, but let it produce joy.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman When the materials are all prepared and ready, the architects shall appear.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman And I will show of male and female that either is but the equal of the other.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Where the earth is, we are.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Where the earth is, we are.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone, I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Be curious, not judgmental.
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