Born of Wonder

Born of Wonder

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Born of Wonder
Born of Wonder
On loving the familiar

On loving the familiar

"What novelty is worth that sweet monotony?"

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Katie Marquette
Oct 22, 2023
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“We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it, if it were not the earth where the same flowers come up again every spring that we used to gather with our tiny fingers as we sat lisping to ourselves on the grass […] What novelty is worth that sweet monotony where everything is known and loved because it is known?”

―George E…

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