"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." ― Tennessee Williams Topic(s): Nature More From Tennessee Williams "A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace." "Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation." "To be free is to have achieved your life." More In Nature "Everyone can identify with a fragrant garden, with beauty of sunset, with the quiet of nature, with a warm and cozy cottage."― Thomas Kincade "Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense."― William Lyon Phelps "Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness."― Saul Williams