"Watersheds come in families; nested levels of intimacy... As you work upstream toward home, you're more closely related. The big river is like your nation, a little out of hand. The lake is your cousin. The creek is your sister. The pond is her child. And, for better or worse, in sickness and in health, you're married to your sink."

-- Michael Parfit

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“For the political world, I have come to believe, is fundamentally beyond anyone's control, yet we all go on as though it were a kind of vehicle that only needs a change of drivers in order to steer it away from its frequent hair-raising visits to the edge of the cliff.”
“My husband and I speak an ancient language called grammatical English, and the kids speak a strange dialect which is difficult to decode because it is based on only four phrases: 'Huh,' 'I dunno,' 'It's not my turn,' and 'I do everything around here!”

Source : Teresa Bloomingdale (1982). “Murphy must have been a mother!: (and other laws I live by)”, Doubleday Books
“Obedience sets a woman apart, fills her with life, permits her to be God-blessed.”
“The reason gas prices are so high is because the oil is in Texas and Oklahoma and all the dipsticks are in Washington.”
“Arguments could fill a marriage like water, running through everything, always, with no taste or color but lots of noise.”
“The man who goes on, even when it's the hardest to be the winner.”
“As yogis, we are constantly exploring the world of duality, while being acutely aware of the unity of all things.”
“Training for the Olympics was a lifelong endeavor and took many years.”

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