As for style of writing, if one has anything to say, it drops from him…

Henry David Thoreau
1086 citations
As for style of writing, if one has anything to say, it drops from him simply and directly, as a stone falls to the ground. ✨ 1857 Letter to Daniel Ricketson, 18 Aug.
Sadness
25

More Author Quotes

So behave that the odor of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere, that when we behold or scent a flower, we may not be reminded how inconsistent your deeds are with it; for … ▶
All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2013). The Essential Thoreau, p.482, Simon and Schuster
Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito's wing that falls on the rails. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (1995). Walden, Or, Life in the Wo … ▶
There can be no very black melancholy to him who lives in the midst of Nature and has his senses still. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2014). Citizen Thoreau: Walden, Civil Disobedience, Life Without Princip … ▶
if i repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. what demon possessed me that i behaved so well? ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2012). The Portable Thoreau, p.159, Penguin

As for style of writing, if one has anything to say, it drops from him simply and directly, as a stone falls to the ground. ✨ 1857 Letter to Daniel Ricketson, 18 Aug.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes