What I as a man want is to be able, some time in my life, to do something well — to do some piece of work finely just for the sake of doing it — to k… - Sherwood Anderson

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What I as a man want is to be able, some time in my life, to do something well — to do some piece of work finely just for the sake of doing it — to know the feel of a thing growing into a life of its own under my fingers, eh?

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About Sherwood Anderson

Sherwood Anderson (13 September 1876 – 8 March 1941) was an American writer, mainly of short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg, Ohio.

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Alternative Names: Buck Fever

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Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything. Be brave enough to dare to be loved. Be something more than man or woman. Be Tandy.

the desire to say words overcame him and he said words without meaning, rolling them over on his tongue and saying them because they were brave words, full of meaning. 'death,' he muttered, 'night, the sea, fear, loveliness.

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The fruition of the year had come and the night should have been fine with a moon in the sky and the crisp sharp promise of frost in the air, but it wasn't that way. It rained and little puddles of water shone under the street lamps on Main Street. In the woods in the darkness beyond the Fair Ground water dripped from the black trees.

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