Distant Quotes

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When I consider what some books have done for the world, and what they are doing, how they keep up our hope, awaken new courage… — James Freeman Clarke
The moods of a river change from hour to hour and day to day. It can be still and serene as a glassy mirror, reflecting… — Ernie Lyons
Come with me, the river said, close your eyes and quiet your limbs and float with me into the wonder and mystery of the canyons,… — Edward Abbey
When music sounds, gone is the earth I know, And all her lovelier things even lovelier grow; Her flowers in vision flame, her forest trees… — Walter de La Mare
I fear I have not one good word to say this fair morning, though the sun shines so encouragingly on the distant hills and gentle… — Margaret Fuller
I feel very strongly that I am under the influence of things or questions which were left incomplete and unanswered by my parents and grandparents… — Carl Jung
Man, even man debased by the neocapitalism and pseudosocialism of our time, is a marvelous being because he sometimes speaks. Language is the mark, the… — Octavio Paz
Naturally, love's the most distant possibility. — Georges Bataille
Sometimes, flying feels too godlike to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes… — Charles Lindbergh
Every flyer who ventures across oceans to distant lands is a potential explorer; in his or her breast burns the same fire that urged the… — Jean Batten
The stars are the apexes of what wonderful triangles! What distant and different beings in the various mansions of the universe are contemplating the same… — Henry David Thoreau
Oh, the brave Music of a distant drum! — Omar Khayyam
The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it - The Territory is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Whether your characters journey daily to a distant moon or just down the street to the corner bar, what matters to the reader is the… — Peter Selgin
Throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, the (Rothschild) brothers conducted important transactions on behalf of the governments of England, France, Prussia, Austria, Belgium,… — G. Edward Griffin
We've uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my relatives, unfortunately, was… — Jimmy Carter
We don't know when our name came into being or how some distant ancestor acquired it. We don't understand our name at all, we don't… — Milan Kundera
But do let me reiterate the spirit of Michigan. It is based upon a deathless loyalty to Michigan and all her ways; an enthusiasm that… — Fielding H. Yost
I love grabbing my wife and going to a distant location to film. — Donald Sutherland
Very few people ever bother to find out what other people really think. They are willing to accept whatever they are told about anyone sufficiently… — Kim Stanley

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