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I'd Leave All The Hurry, The Noise, And The Fray, For A House Full Of Books, And A Garden Of Flowers.

A Book Is A Friend Whose Face Is Constantly Changing. If You Read It When You Are Recovering From An Illness, And Return To It Years After, It Is Changed Surely, With The Change In Yourself.

O Grant Me A House By The Beach Of A Bay, Where The Waves Can Be Surly In Winter, And Play With The Sea-weed In Summer, Ye Bountiful Powers! And I'd Leave All The Hurry, The Noise, And The Fray, For A House Full Of Books, And A Garden Of Flowers.

Of All Animals, He Alone Attains To The Contemplative Life.

Of All Animals, The Cat Alone Attains To The Comtemplative Life. He Regards The Wheel Of Existence From Without, Like The Buddha.