"The coconut trees, lithe and graceful, crowd the beach like a minuet of slender elderly virgins adopting flippant poses."

-- William Manchester

#Beach Quotes #Ocean Quotes #Elderly Quotes

“Being true to ourselves doesn't make us people of integrity. Charles Manson was true to himself, and as a result, he rightly is spending the rest of his life in prison. Ultimately, being true to our Creator gives us the purest form of integrity.”
“Much of my reading time over the last decade and a half has been spent reading aloud to my children. Those children's bedtime rituals of supper, bath, stories, and sleep have been a staple of my life and some of the best, most special times I can remember.”
“Diet and supplements and exercise programs aren't what is achieving longevity. Having a faith-based community can add four to 14 years.”
“I want a man who's kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire?”
“We all have our security blankets in this world. Some are just sharper than others.”

Source : Rob Thurman (2006). “Nightlife”, p.24, Penguin
“I trust that the president will try, just give it one more shot, some revolutionary way of not doing this, of bringing all those kids back home safely.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I dreamed of Crusades, voyages of discovery that nobody had heard of, republics without histories, religious wars stamped out, revolutions in morals, movements of races and continents; I used to believe in every kind of magic. I began it as an investigation. I turned silences and nights into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down. I made the whirling world stand still.”
“We need to realize that we should be on the side of any human being who is oppressed.”

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