"The rock is gonna fall on us," he stood and told the class The professor put his chalk down and peered out through his glasses But he went on and said; "I've seen it, high up on the hill If it doesn't fall this year then very soon it will!"

-- Harry Chapin

#Fall Quotes #Glasses Quotes #Rocks Quotes

“Literature, properly so called, draws its sap from the deep soil of human nature's common and everlasting sympathies, the gathered leaf-mound of countless generations, and not from any top dressing capriciously scattered over the surface.”
“Originality is merely an illusion.”
“You will not really have durable peace without a proper security structure in the Middle East.”
“If you want to go quickly, go by yourself - if you want to go farther, go in a group.”
“We're looking forward to the tournament. We still believe that if we play with effort, we can beat anyone. We just can't have those 2-3-minute lapses.”
“I had a gentleman in college tell me, during a date, that I could be really pretty if I lost some weight. On a date!”
“Looking at the purpose of our government toward the Indians, we find that after subjugating them it has been our policy to collect the different tribes on reservations and support them at the expense of our people.”

Source : Nelson A. Miles (1992). “Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles, Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War, Or, From New England to the Golden Gate and the Story of His Indian Campaigns with Comments on the Exploration, Development, and Progress of Our Great Western Empire”, p.342, U of Nebraska Press
“Compared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.”

Source : Alan Bradley (2011). “A Red Herring Without Mustard: A Flavia de Luce Novel”, p.83, Delacorte Press

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