"I am fevered with the sunset, I am fretful with the bay, For the wander-thirst is on me And my soul is in Cathay."

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Source : Avi, Karen Cushman, Henry Wysham Lanier, Peg C. Schwabel, Cynthia Corzo (2000). “The true confessions of Charlotte Doyle and related readings”

Richard Hovey

#Travel Quotes #Sunset Quotes #Soul Quotes

“Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land.”
“Sin! Sin! Thou art a hateful and horrible thing, that abominable thing which God hates. And what wonder? Thou hast insulted His holy majesty; thou hast bereaved Him of beloved children; thou hast crucified the Son of His infinite love; thou hast vexed His gracious Spirit; thou hast defied His power; thou hast despised His grace; and in the body and blood of Jesus, as if that were a common thing, thou hast trodden under foot His matchless mercy. Surely, brethren, the wonder of wonders is, that sin is not that abominable thing which we also hate.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 546, 1895.
“I get my exercise acting as pallbearer to my friends who exercise.”

Source : "Four Talks for Bibliophiles" by George Allen, (p. 70), 1958.
“I truly believe that [America loves] the people that don't play to the audience and are just themselves.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com
“Someday, someday, but certainly not now, I'd like to learn how to have a conversation.”
“A strengthened national spirit can provide the motive power to rise our people from the depths and... pour new life and vigor in the national system. The reinvigoration of the national spirit must take place in the grass roots, in every city, town and barrio in the Philippines, and it must start among our own people... To be a worthy citizen of the world one must first prove himself to be a good Filipino.”
“Make bold choices and make mistakes. It's all those things that add up to the person you become.”
“To win the Kentucky Derby is the goal of every trainer, every hot-walker, every backside person. They may be just rubbing on a horse, or hot-walking a horse, but they wonder if they could win the Kentucky Derby.”

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