Alas Quote by William S. Burroughs

The little boy had wandered away from his mother, tacking across the grass toward the play structure. His mother watched him go, proud, tickled,…

— Michael Chabon

“The Leaving" My father said I could not do it, but all night I picked the peaches. The orchard was still, the canals ran…

— Brigit Pegeen Kelly

“In hidden orchards the stone fruit ripened so fast that what we didn't eat was given to the animals, and so like chimps like…

— C Pam Zhang

“I walked until the water lapped against my chest, and then I kept walking until it kissed the underside of my jaw. I was…

— Rick Yancey

“even nursery tales only echo an almost pre-natal leap of interest and amazement. These tales say that apples were golden only to refresh the…

— G.K. Chesterton

“Fairy tales say that apples were golden only to refresh the forgotten moment when we found that they were green. They make rivers run…

— G.K. Chesterton

The pool was but a stone's throw from the house, and I arrived there in a few minutes, only to find a boy disturbing…

— Theodore Gordon

You can't see the water until you run into it. A little boy took off running through it. He got all muddy.

— Shannon O'Brien

“Sebastian says modestly that though his twin resembled him very much , she was reputed to be beautiful. But more importantly, she had a…

— William Shakespeare

“I was all the time tugging and carrying water. But now I have a river that carries me.”

— Dwight lyman moody

When you fall in a river, you're no longer a fisherman; you're a swimmer.

— Gene Hill

“We were in the gondolas at The Venetian. You said you couldn't swim, that I'd have to save you if we capsized." His Adam's…

— Kylie Scott