I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.

—Walt Whitman

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About Walt Whitman

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Walter Whitman Jr. (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist; he also wrote two novels. He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature and world literature. Whitman incorporated both transcendentalism and realism in his writings and is often...

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The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

—Walt Whitman

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The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a helpless thing.

—Walt Whitman

Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.

—Walt Whitman

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

—Walt Whitman

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

—Walt Whitman

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They were at different places in the same relationship, and like anything that's out of alignment, they were destined to crash sooner or later.

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I can't keep doing this to myself, getting my hopes up so high, only to have them come crashing down. I can't keep waiting for him to come to his senses, having my whole emotional state rest on what he decides. What if he never wakes up to how perfect we'd be together? What if I spend another year pining for him—or longer even? In a terrible flash, I see my future stretching out before me: waiting for his calls, rearranging my life around college visits, and decoding texts and instant messages like they could be something real, something true. This isn't love; this is pure torment.

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A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.

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I could not fall back in love with him. Doing so was like falling in love with a thunderstorm. Exciting and powerful, yes. Even beautiful. But violently tempered, unpredictable, and ultimately short-lived.

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