#fling

High Romanticism shows you nature in all its harsh and lovely metamorphoses. Flood, fire and quake fling us back to the primal struggle for survival and reveal our gross dependency on mammoth, still mysterious forces. ↗

— Camille Paglia

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#dependency #fire #fling #flood #forces

Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion. ↗

— Franklin Pierce

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#discussion #frequently #more #protracted #subject

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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#forced #help #life #long #long life