"I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be; The waves that plunged along the shore Said only: "Dreamer, dream no more!""

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Source : "Ebb and Flow". Poem by George William Curtis, www.bartleby.com. 1891.

George William Curtis

#Dream Quotes #Sea Quotes #Evening Quotes

“...What is the use of beauty? i have lived my life surrounded by painters, and still I do not know the answer. But i suspect, some days, that beauty helps protect the spirit of mankind, swaddle it and succor it, so that we might survive. Beauty is no end in itself, but if it makes or lives less miserable so that we might be more kind-well, then, lets have beauty, painted on our porcelain, hanging on our walls, ringing through our stories.”
“My heart is so small it's almost invisible. How can You place such big sorrows in it? "Look," He answered, "your eyes are even smaller, yet they behold the world.”
“We have spent quite a bit of time considering a good space game, and I can't really say anything at this point, but we are definitely still interested in that area.”
“I believe you can frighten people without showing their heads caved-in.”
“A lot of punk rock. I listen to various stuff just cuz my friends now listen to a lot of different bands. I listen to a lot of underground stuff like jungle music.”

Source : "Degrassi's Cassie Steele Interview". Kidzworld Interview, www.kidzworld.com. May 17, 2004.
“I used to think the world was broken down by tribes,' I said. 'By Black and White. By Indian and White. But I know this isn't true. The world is only broken into two tribes: the people who are ***** and the people who are not.”

Source : Ross Macdonald (1967). “Archer in Hollywood: Three Exciting Novels: The Moving Target, The Way Some People Die [and] The Barbarous Coast”, New York : Knopf
“What good is a friend if you cant make an enemy of him?”
“I know what it's like to win things. You need a certain type of player with a determination to win. You see it in the eyes.”

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