"Like any child, I slid into myself perfectly fitted, as a diver meets her reflection in a pool. Her fingertips enter the fingertips on the water, her wrists slide up her arms. The diver wraps herself in her reflection wholly, sealing it at the toes, and wears it as she climbs rising from the pool, and ever after."

-- Annie Dillard

#Children Quotes #Reflection Quotes #Water Quotes

“Parents give up their rights when they drop the children off at public school.”
“What we need to do is follow the axiom of World War II which was 'Loose Lips Sink Ships' and the media has really got to follow that.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au
“But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises from experience.”
“Running has taken me on adventures great and small, at home and around the world. It has provided me with hope and perseverance on days when I had none-and even, once every great while, warmed me with that fleeting ray of sunshine known as glory. Running has taught me that I can do anything, just so long as I keep putting one foot in front of the other. Sometimes that notion is metaphorical and sometimes not. In this way, I have been inspired to attempt things I would have never dreamed possible. And it all started with a single step.”

Source : Martin Dugard (2011). “To Be a Runner: How Racing Up Mountains, Running with the Bulls, or Just Taking On a 5-K Makes You a Better Person (and the World a Better Place)”, p.7, Rodale
“Fans don't lie. They just tell you what they really think, and they see details that even people in fashion don't.”
“New York gave me hell for that 'Purple Swag,' man. They didn't respect me until 'Peso.'”
“Coffee gives me bad breath.”
“When an administration embarks on a war justified by little or no intelligence, speaking the truth can be regarded as treachery. The country could use more of that kind of "treachery".”

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