"always either on a peak of happiness or drowning in black waters of despair they loved or they loathed, they lived in a world of superlatives"

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Nancy Mitford

#Water Quotes #Black Quotes #Despair Quotes

“We go to sea repeatedly from Melville's time on - and the image of men at sea, like the image of men in the wilderness, seems to me to be almost an archetypal image of human beings on their own, human beings making their own way, guiding themselves by the stars they can see - rather than by faith or prayer or invisible forces.”
“There were dragons when I was a boy.”

Source : "How to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon, Book 1)". Book by Cressida Cowell, 2003.
“American public should understand what happened with adoption and why, so that our government can be held accountable moving forward, and we can know how to engage in ethical adoptions, know how to make it something good for everyone involved, not exploitative.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I wanted to make a point of basing myself at home, being close to my family. I'll never be able to repay Mum and Dad for what they did, but at least they know they'll never have to work another day. I'll do whatever it takes to look after them.”
“The work completed during the special session was just the beginning. During those six days we lit a spark that will positively impact the lives of our children and grandchildren, but the full fire is yet to come.”
“Jupiter has no leisure to attend to little things.”
“Nationalism - in other words, the dividing of the church into bodies - consisting of such and such a nation, is a novelty, not above three centuries old, although many dear children of God are found dwelling in it.”
“Well, the first thing to say is that we've worked hard to maintain compatibility, so that any program written with an earlier version of Mathematica can run without change in 3.0, and any notebook can be converted.”

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