#fills

There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations. ↗

— Washington Irving

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I'm compelled to paint nearly every day. I just felt like making a painting, went out and bought paints and a canvas. Now it fulfills me creatively when I'm not doing music: it's something you can do by yourself and it's totally yours. It's a great adjunct to my life. ↗

— David Johansen

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The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors. ↗

— Walter Scott

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A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror. ↗

— Wilhelm Steinitz

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The quiet rhythmic monotone of the wall of logs fills one with the rustic peace of a secluded nook in the woods. ↗

— Gustav Stickley

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The tortures of present death disturb him not, but the recollection of his fall, fills him with a holy sorrow. ↗

— John Strachan

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Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

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Remember that you don't choose love; love chooses you. All you really can do is accept it for all its mystery when it comes into your life. Feel the way it fills you to overflowing then reach out and give it away. ↗

— Kent Nerburn

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No one understands my ills, nor the terror that fills my breast, who does not know the heart of a mother. ↗

— Marie Antoinette

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