"And see the rivers how they run Through woods and meads, in shade and sun, Sometimes swift, sometimes slow, Wave succeeding wave, they go A various journey to the deep, Like human life to endless sleep!"

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Source : John Dyer (1822). “The Poems of J. D. The Life of J. D. by Dr. Johnson. The British Poets, Etc”, p.120

John Dyer

#Running Quotes #Sleep Quotes #Journey Quotes

“I've always been drawn to tormented people full of contradictions.”
“I havent watched Mad TV a lot, but I have seen some stuff on there that is truly funny. You have to have some sort of attitude toward the subject, and they seem to have it. It depends on how much blood you want to draw.”
“There's only one man I've called a coward, and that's Brian Doyle-Murray.”

Source : "Fictional Character: Warden Stefan Gentles". Arrested Development, www.imdb.com. 2003.
“I wonder if these wack ***** realize they wack, And they the reason that my people say they tired of rap.”
“I've got a coin with my face on it. It is really bizarre.”
“Although North Korea's position differs (from Tokyo's), Japan's basic stance remains unchanged ? to seek sincere responses from the North Korean side to resolve the abduction and nuclear issues,”
“I believe it's true that one person can make a difference. But how much more difference 100 people make, or rather 99.”
“Don't be stupid. You're a child. You don't know what it means to be in love." And she flung open the car door as if she wished she had the strength to rip it from the hinges, and stalked off to the house through the rain. That night, I lay in bed, troubled by what she'd said, blocking out the sounds of argument from my parents' room. Was love what my parents had? Yelling at eachother, worrying about money? Never smiling? Never happy? If that was love, then I didn't want it.”

Source : Barry Lyga (2009). “Boy Toy”, p.317, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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