I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
Solitude
Quotations by Henry David Thoreau
I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. Henry David Thoreau
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