"It was a pity thoughts always ran the easiest way, like water in old ditches."

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Source : Walter de la Mare “The Return”, Lulu.com

Walter de La Mare

#Water Quotes #Way Quotes #Pity Quotes

“The eiderdown of this 2-0 lead is a lot more comfortable than the blanket of 1-0.”
“The rescue of a person, who is assaulted, or restrained of his liberty, without authority of law, is not only morally, but legally, a meritorious act; for every body is under obligation to go to the assistance of one who is assailed by assassins, robbers, ravishers, kidnappers, or ruffians of any kind.”
“There is fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep.”
“I do remember being teased by my cousins on my mom's side for not being black enough. And then I'd spend the summer with my dad and be sent to all white summer camps where I was 'that black girl.'”

Source : "Lauren London Exclusive Interview: ‘Under My Skin” (Part 2)". Interview with Kathleen Cross, kathleencross.com. June 2, 2011.
“I'm a pretty good winner. I'm a terrible loser. And I rub it in pretty good when I win.”
“I'm in a profession with a dismal success rate, in an academic field with a dismal hiring rate. And I don't write, really, about any of that - rather the institutional structures I've negotiated my way through, with healthy doses of luck, provide a breathing, parasitic glimpse into the bureaucratic monolith of the creative-degree machine.”

Source : Source: www.raintaxi.com
“Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies - utopian images - can cause monstrous evil. In fact, forcefully changing society to conform to societal images was the greatest cause of evil in the twentieth century.”
“I mean, the competition is really created by the buzz around the Emmys. It's a totally subjective thing.”

Source : "American Morning With Paula Zahn" with Bill Hemmer, www.cnn.com. August 2, 2002.

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