Reboy And Watergirl Quotes & Sayings

Almost as soon as it was lit it began to sound as though it were running down, but in fact it would continue to run down for a long time. He knew the feeling. — John Crowley

It is a well-known fact that very often, putting the period of boyhood out of the argument, the older we grow the more cynical and hardened we become; indeed, many of us are only saved by timely death from moral petrification, if not from moral corruption. — H. Rider Haggard

Through all his years of roving, even on nights like this, he had remained blind to the beauty of the sea, and now his feeling toward it had settled into weary hatred. He knew its effects of blended color, its wide gradations of sound and action, the tireless charm of a sailing ship's effortless movement, the quality of silent distance and the wonder of the skies. Dimly at times, in moments of rare emotion, he had caught a glimpse of the mystic hand that beckons beyond the horizon and felt for a little while the fated urge of the wanderer. But that was in the beginning, long ago when he had first gone to sea, and he had forgotten it.
("Fire In The Galley Stove") — William Outerson

We're like a two-year old playing with fire ... we're messing around with something really dangerous and don't really understand what will happen. — William F. Laurance

Long before I had the chance to adore all of you, I adored the bits of you I could see. — Sarah Kane

I don't really care about having more fame than I have. — Jeff Bridges

I want you to remember that you can't feel responsible for everything. We're your parents, and we will figure us out. All you need to do - any of you" - she looks at my brothers - " is be a kid for now and let us be there for you.""All of us?" Dusty says. "Even those of us without neurological disorders?" "All of you. — Jennifer Niven

We all carry many selves, but in the end, these are just phantoms of possibility, nothing more than ghosts of broken destinies. — A. Lee Martinez

Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations. — John Quincy Adams

Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience. — Shelby Foote

I never stopped feeling abject terror until I got on television and went on a national ad campaign and realized, "I will be able to feed my children. I have somehow averted the destiny that awaited me, which is endless, crippling debt forever." — John Hodgman

least 40 million people died as a result of the epidemic, the majority of them suffocated by a lethal accumulation of blood and other fluid in the lungs. Ironically, unlike most flu epidemics, but like the war that preceded and spread it, the influenza of 1918 disproportionately killed young adults. One in every hundred American males between the ages of 25 and 34 fell victim to the 'Spanish Lady'. — Niall Ferguson

When we persist in looking for and finding what there is to value within our self, we discover a pure and loving being. — Hugh Prather

Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody. — Justin Cronin

Learn to think like a winner. Think positive and visualize your strengths. — Vic Braden