Sherwood Anderson quote: Most of us live our lives like toads, sitting perfectly still, under a plantain leaf. We are waiting for a ...

Most of us live our lives like toads, sitting perfectly still, under a plantain leaf. We are waiting for a fly to come our way. When it comes out darts the tongue. We nab it.That is all. We eat it.

~ Sherwood Anderson ~

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Most of us live our lives like toads, sitting perfectly still, under a plantain leaf. We are waiting...

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