"Gentle reader, I was born upon the water - not upon the salt and angry ocean, but upon the fresh and rapid-flowing river."

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Source : Frederick Marryat (1873). “Jacob Faithful”, p.1

Frederick Marryat

#Ocean Quotes #Rivers Quotes #Water Quotes

“I'm kind of a mash-up of taste - Graham Greene and Jane Austen; W.G. Sebald and Alice Munro.”
“If you closed your eyes during that [Donald Trump] conference and you didn`t pay attention to who was saying those words, it could have been Jeb Bush saying those words last year, Jeb Bush. It could have been Marco Rubio saying those words last year during the primaries, because that`s the position of, well, those two Floridians, you know, no pathway to citizenship according to Jeb Bush, pathway to citizenship in the long term, according to Marco Rubio, but talking about the need to brush up on the border.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“I try to do everything from the viewpoint of what's best for my kids. I have three kids and two great dads and it's not always easy, but you have to try to be a little selfless and we manage just fine.”

Source : "Ask the Author Live: Paul Goldberger on the World Trade Center". The New Yorker interview, www.newyorker.com. September 2, 2011.
“Seriously, when's the last time you saw me wear shorts?”
“A pessimist asked God for relief. Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness, said God. No, replied the petitioner, I wish you to create something that would justify them. The world is all created,said God, but you have overlooked something”
“I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true.”
“Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.”
“I want my children to be able to meet and play and communicate with many other children on their own, not only when they are driven somewhere. I want them to grow up in an environment that is not just a place where people sleep but where people work.. and where people enjoy themselves.”

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