My Favorite Writing

"What other words, we may almost always ask, are memorable and worthy to be repeated than those which love has inspired? It is wonderful that they were ever uttered. They are few and rare indeed, but, like a strain of music, they are incessantly repeated and modulated by memory. All the other words crumble off with the stucco which overlies the heart. We should not dare to repeat these now aloud. We are not competent to hear them at all times."

My favorite piece of writing is this quote from Henry David Thoreau. I stumbled across it while online searching for a quotes for a project. I think this is a good piece of writing because of the language he uses, it is incredible beautiful. He is very articulate in addressing his point as well as extremely eloquent. I found this excerpt to be very true. If we say loving things repeatedly, they will loose their meaning and will no longer be as powerful as they were the first time they were expressed. These words are too magnificent to loose their meaning, so it is important we are conscious of when we say them. 

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