IV. Commonplace book

Quotes

Lines worth keeping, copied out the old way.

And all I lov’d—I lov’d alone—

Edgar Allan Poe · Alone

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately…and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

Henry David Thoreau · Walden; or Life in the Woods

Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.

Donna Tartt · The Secret History

I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life

Henry David Thoreau · Walden; or Life in the Woods