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Landed Quotes (page 34)

William Goldman quote: "You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most..."
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia. William Goldman
I sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you—especially when you are near me, as now: it is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame. And if that boisterous Channel, and two hundred miles or so of land come broad between us, I am afraid that cord of communion will be snapt; and then I’ve a nervous notion I should take to bleeding inwardly. Charlotte Bronte
Carson McCullers quote: "Im a stranger in a strange land."
Im a stranger in a strange land. Carson McCullers
If you want inner peace, find it in solitude, not speed, and if you would find yourself, look to the land from which you came and to which you go. Stewart Udall
Nature Boy. There was a boy. A very strange enchanted boy. They say he wandered very far, very far. Over land and sea. A little shy. And sad of eye. But very wise. Was he. And then one day. A magic day he passed my way. And while we spoke of many things, fools and kings. This he said to me David Bowie
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 and faith, soothe pain, give an ideal life to those whose hours are cold and hard, bind together distant ages and foreign lands, create new worlds of beauty, bring down truth from heaven; I give eternal blessings for this gift, and thank God for books. James Freeman Clarke
Alice! A childish story take, And with a gentile hand. Lay it where Childhood dreams are twined. In memory's mystic band, Like pilgrim's withered wreath of flowers. Pluck'd in a far off land. Lewis Carroll
The Land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India. Swami Vivekananda
People were used to those slow human speeds on both land and sea, to those delays, those waitings on the wind or fair weather, to those expectations of shipwreck, sun, and death. The liners the little white girl knew were among the last mailboats in the world. It was while she was young that the first airlines were started, which were gradually to deprive mankind of journeys across the sea. (The Lover) Marguerite Duras
The only ones who ever come here from your lands are the minstrels, and the lovers, and the mad. And you don't look like much of a minstrel, and you'r? pardon me for saying so lad, but it's tru? ordinary as cheese crumbs. So it's love if you ask me. Neil Gaiman
So one always starts a journey in a strange land -- taking too many precautions, until one tires of the exertion and abandons care in the worst spot of all. Graham Greene
Forty years spent in wandering in a wilderness like that of the present is not a sad fate--unless one attempts to make himself believe that the wilderness is after all itself the promised land John Dewey
Disorder in the house The doors are coming off the hinges The earth will open and swallow up the real estateI just got my paycheck I'm gonna paint the whole town grey Whether it's a night in Paris or a Fresno matinee It's the home of the brave and the land of the freeWhere the less you know the better off you'll be Warren Zevon
You are not entering this world in the usual manner, for you are setting forth to be a Dungeon Master. Certainly there are stout fighters, mighty magic-users, wily thieves, and courageous clerics who will make their mark in the magical lands of D&D adventure. You however, are above even the greatest of these, for as DM you are to become the Shaper of the Cosmos. It is you who will give form and content to the all the universe. You will breathe life into the stillness, giving meaning and... Gary Gygax
They ravaged neither the rivers nor the forest, and if they irrigated, they took as little water as would serve their needs. The land and all that it bore they treated with consideration; not attempting to improve it, they never desecrated it. Willa Cather

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