"I have watched the river and the sea for a lifetime. I have seen rivers rob soil from the roots of trees until the giants came foundering down. I have watched shores slip and perish, the channels silt and change; what was beach become a swamp and a headland tumble into the sea. An island has eroded in silent pain since my boyhood, and reefs have become islands. Yet the old people used to say, People pass away, but not the land. It remains forever. Maybe that is so. The land changes. The land continues. The sea changes. The sea remains."

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Source : Keri Hulme (2005). “The Bone People: A Novel”, p.336, LSU Press

Keri Hulme

#Beach Quotes #Pain Quotes #Islands Quotes

“I think the Huffington Post has been inventive and presents what it aggregates well.”
“You can have a knack for dancing, but you still have to practice till your feet are bleeding to be worthy of being in front of an audience.”
“Nothing spiritual to write? Then have spiritual experiences.”
“If you mean to profit, learn to praise.”
“I had to sit in front of all these people, and act like I knew what I was doing. I faked my way through it pretty well.”
“Over there, Kevin McHale, I feel like I'm talking to someone I know. It's just a total different atmosphere.”
“The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate.”
“My effort has been not only to put the Biblical incident in the original settingâ€¦ but at the same time give the human touch to convey to my public the reverence and elevation these subjects impart to me.”

Source : Dewey F. Mosby, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Darrel Sewell, Rae Alexander-Minter, Philadelphia Museum of Art (1991). “Henry Ossawa Tanner”

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