“People sometimes make unexpected choices when they're lonely”
Jeanne Birdsall (1951) American children's writer
Source: The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“The mountain is voiceless and imperturbable; and its very loftiness and serenity sometimes make us the more lonely.”
Little Rivers <br class="br"> Little Rivers http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext98/ltrvs10.txt (1895)
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