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I am not a doctrinaire of any kind. I'm still searching. Sometimes I call myself an anarchist, but I know that anarchism is not a final answer. Sometimes I lean toward Marx, but more often I lean toward Ghandi-Tolstoi-Thoreau.

Alden Nowlan

Walden Pond? You mean like Thoreau?

Ruth Saunders

Of the creative spirits that flourished in Concord, Massachusetts, during the middle of the nineteenth century, it might be said that Hawthorne loved men but felt estranged from them, Emerson loved ideas even more than men, and Thoreau loved himself.

Leon Edel

It was the perfect gift for Perry, who saw himself, like Thoreau, as an outsider persecuted by society. It made him feel good about himself, which is just what Capote wanted.

Bennett Miller

Adolescent alienation is going to find a sympathetic ear in Thoreau.

Richard Smith

I stumbled upon a treasure chest. Imagine that Thoreau, in the middle of writing 'Walden Pond,' just disappeared. Then somebody stumbled upon the notes.

Eric Blehm