{aim above}

“Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good — be good for something.

~ Henry David Thoreau, in a letter to Harrison Blake

WORD, Thoreau. Even though much of your writing has that 19th century high-toned critical thing going on, every once in awhile, you hit me right.

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