If I were confined to a corner of a garret all my days, like a spider, the world would be just as large to me while I had my thoughts about me. (Henry David Thoreau)

If I were confined to a corner of a garret all my days, like a spider, the world would be just as large to me while I had my thoughts about me.

Henry David Thoreau

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