Decay and disease are often beautiful, like the pearly tear of the shellfish and the hectic glow of consumption.


The Writings of Henry David Thoreau: Summer (Houghton, Mifflin, 1884), p. 101

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Decay and disease are often beautiful, like the pearly tear of the shellfish and the hectic glow of consumption.

Decay and disease are often beautiful, like the pearly tear of the shellfish and the hectic glow of consumption.

Decay and disease are often beautiful, like the pearly tear of the shellfish and the hectic glow of consumption.

Decay and disease are often beautiful, like the pearly tear of the shellfish and the hectic glow of consumption.