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.
Source: Walden,' Conclusion, 1854.
-- Henry David Thoreau, (Jul 12 1817-1862), US essayist, poet, naturalist; He is best known for his description of life at Walden Pond, Walden, 1854 and his essay Civil Disobedience, 1849.