"...as the day wore on I watched the birds all flying in one direction, and said, Land lies there."

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Source : Joshua Slocum (2009). “The Annotated Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.29, Sheridan House, Inc.

Joshua Slocum

#Lying Quotes #One Direction Quotes #Land Quotes

“I'm a workaholic, I always try to fill my time with projects.”
“I don't think there is an implicit obligation for the United States to follow like a stupid mule whatever the Israelis do. If they decide to start a war, simply on the assumption that we will be automatically drawn into it, I think it is the obligation of friendship to say "you're not going to be making national decisions for us"”
“I'll eat the hell out of a bagel. That's what I do”
“You have been told that Real Life is not like college, and you have been correctly informed. Real Life is more like high school.”
“His love for Frodo rose above all other thoughts, and forgetting his peril he cried aloud: 'I'm coming Mr. Frodo!”
“It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives to all the miseries, but is dead to all the pleasures.”
“Love is an ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses.”
“Being true to oneself more often leads one toward success rather than away from it.”

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