If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that…

Henry David Thoreau
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If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. ✨ Walden ch. 18 (1854)
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If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. ✨ Walden ch. 18 (1854)

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