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[windandwater]

But the raft had already floated round the nearest bend, and in front of them stretched the Unknown, wild and exciting.

--Tove Jansson, Comet in Moominland

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Nobody took any notice of this, of course; they went out onto the ledge and looked at the sea instead. It was a huge grey silk elderdown with white flowers. The flowers were seagulls resting on the water with their heads pointing out to sea.

--Tove Jansson, Comet in Moominland

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People have always had the urge to sing and clang things at the dark stub of the year, when all sorts of psychic nastiness has taken advantage of the long gray days and the deep shadows to lurk and breed. Lately people had taken to singing harmoniously, which rather lost the effect. Those who really understood just clanged something and shouted. —Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

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I grew up fast and wild, And I never felt right, In a garden so different from me. I just never belonged, I just longed to be gone, So the garden one day set me free.

--Dolly Parton, Linda Rondstadt, Emmylou Harris, “Wildflowers”

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'Cause we survivin' Off red-cup kisses, Sweet redemption, Passin' time, yeah.

--Beyonce, "Texas Hold 'Em"

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The hills were alive with wildflowers and I, Was as wild, even wilder than they. For at least I could run, They just died in the sun, And I refused to just wither in place,

--Dolly Parton, Linda Rondstadt, Emmylou Harris, “Wildflowers”

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Just a wild rambling rose, Seeking mysteries untold, No regret for the path that I chose. When a flower grows wild, It can always survive, Wildflowers don't care where they grow.

–Dolly Parton, Linda Rondstadt, Emmylou Harris, “Wildflowers”

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If you stand with your face to the wind off the water, At the point of land's end where the ocean begins, Look to the memory of the ones gone before, The light and meaning of the voices on the wind.

--Little Feat, "Voices on the Wind"